{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-1999-1298", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain system resources." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "FreeBSD-SA-97:03", "refsource": "FREEBSD", "url": "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-97:03.sysinstall.asc" }, { "name": "6087", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/6087" }, { "name": "freebsd-sysinstall-ftp-password(7537)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7537.php" } ] } }