CVE-1999-0911

High CVSS 10

Published 1999-08-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0911, 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

Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0911

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