University of Washington wu-ftpd rnfr Command privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in University of Washington wu-ftpd. Impacted is an unknown function of the component rnfr Command. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-1999-0081. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in University of Washington wu-ftpd (File Transfer Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component rnfr Command. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

wu-ftp allows files to be overwritten via the rnfr command.

The weakness was presented 01/11/1997. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0081. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14302 (WU-FTPD rnfr File Overwrite), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FTP and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27052 (WU-FTPd RNFR Command Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1622.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (324), Tenable (14302) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-581†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14302
Nessus Name: WU-FTPD rnfr File Overwrite
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OpenVAS ID: 14302
OpenVAS Name: wu-ftpd rnfr file overwrite
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1622
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP RNFR ././ attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0081 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0081
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13843
X-Force: 324
Vulnerability Center: 581 - CVE Id, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 00:42
Updated: 10/27/2025 20:00
Changes: 06/18/2014 00:42 (66), 10/27/2025 20:00 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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