CVE-1999-0878: Beroftpd

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via MAPPING_CHDIR.

Affected products

• Beroftpd Beroftpd: version 1.3.2 only; version 1.3.3 only; version 1.3.4 only
• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: version 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 only; version 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 only; version 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 only; version 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 only; version 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 only; version 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 only; …

Published 1999-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.