CVE-1999-1333 (GCVE-0-1999-1333)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-03-09 05:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:11
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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