CVE-1999-1333
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
automatic download option in ncftp 2.4.2 FTP client in Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the names of files that are to be downloaded.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-1999-1314)
- Published
- December 31, 1999
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-1999-1314 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 1, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 with CPACF - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2798 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2742 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Libreswan Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2721 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2711 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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