CVE-1999-1475

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-11-19 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1475, 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

ProFTPd 1.2 compiled with the mod_sqlpw module records user passwords in the wtmp log file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords and gain privileges by reading wtmp, e.g. via the last command.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1475

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