CVE-2000-0573

High CVSS 10

Published 2000-07-07 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0573, 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

The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0573

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