CVE-1999-0017

FTP servers can allow an attacker to connect to arbitrary ports on machines other than the FTP client, aka FTP bounce.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0017

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inet:5.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inet:6.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inet:6.02:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:siemens:reliant_unix::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1::x86:::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1997-12-10 05:00

Updated : 2026-06-16 21:47

NVD link : CVE-1999-0017

Mitre link : CVE-1999-0017

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-0017

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

gnu

inet

sco

openserver
unixware
open_desktop

siemens

reliant_unix

caldera

openlinux

washington_university

wu-ftpd

ibm

aix

sun

sunos

netbsd

netbsd

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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