CVE-1999-1298

Summary

CVE-1999-1298 is a vulnerability affecting FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier versions. During the configuration of anonymous FTP, a weakness is exploited that results in the creation of a new ftp user, whose password is not set and whose shell is set to /bin/date. This issue grants unauthorized access to attackers, potentially allowing them to access certain system resources.

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