VDB-14381 · CVE-1999-0614 · SBV-870

Host FTP Server privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Host and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component FTP Server. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0614. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to update the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component FTP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: None. Reason: this candidate is solely about a configuration that does not directly introduce security vulnerabilities, so it is more appropriate to cover under the Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE). Notes: the former description is: "The FTP service is running."

The weakness was released 01/01/1999. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0614. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling tcp/21 (ftp). The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-870†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14385, VDB-14384, VDB-14383 and VDB-14382. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
01/01/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +5648 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3960 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14381
Vulnerability Center: 870

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 01:19
Updated: 04/23/2025 00:59
Changes: 06/20/2014 01:19 (37), 06/20/2014 01:25 (3), 06/11/2024 04:29 (16), 04/23/2025 00:59 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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