CVE-1999-0017

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1997-12-10 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0017, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0017

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P