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    CVE-1999-0017

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

    Published:Dec 10, 1997
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 29, 1999
    EPSS Score:0.00545
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Caldera
    Product
    Openlinux
    Vendor
    Freebsd
    Product
    Freebsd
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Inet
    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Aix
    Vendor
    Netbsd
    Product
    Netbsd
    Vendor
    Sco
    Product
    Open Desktop
    Vendor
    Sco
    Product
    Openserver
    Vendor
    Sco
    Product
    Unixware
    Vendor
    Siemens
    Product
    Reliant Unix
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Sunos
    Vendor
    Washington University
    Product
    Wu-ftpd

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High