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CVE-1999-1298

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
07/04/1997
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain system resources.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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