Vulnerability CVE-1999-1090
Published: 1991-09-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The default configuration of NCSA Telnet package for Macintosh and PC enables FTP, even though it does not include an "ftp=yes" line, which allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary files.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
NCSA -> Telnet 

 References:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-15.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1844
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