CVE-ID

CVE-1999-0527

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Description
The permissions for system-critical data in an anonymous FTP account are inappropriate. For example, the root directory is writeable by world, a real password file is obtainable, or executable commands such as "ls" can be overwritten.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
19990607 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (19990803)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(3) Baker, Northcutt, Wall
MODIFY(1) Frech
Comments (Legacy)
 Northcutt> That that starts to get specific :)
 Frech> ftp-writable-directory(6253)
   ftp-write(53)
   "writeable" in the description should be "writable." 

Proposed (Legacy)
19990803
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