CVE-1999-1562

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-1999-1562 · Published 05/09/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1562 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting ftp client (gftp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ftp client gftp	`= 1.13≤ 2.0.0`	No fix yet

gFTP FTP client 1.13, and other versions before 2.0.0, records a password in plaintext in (1) the log window, or (2) in a log file.

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