Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in wu-ftpd 2.4 FTP Server

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in wu-ftpd 2.4 FTP Server

CVE-1999-1326 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

wu-ftpd 2.4 FTP server does not properly drop privileges when an ABOR (abort file transfer) command is executed during a file transfer, which causes a signal to be handled incorrectly and allows local and possibly remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

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