CVE-2006-5778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ftpd in linux-ftpd 0.17, and possibly other versions, performs a chdir before setting the UID, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by redirecting their home directory to a restricted directory.

Published: 2006-11-07

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linux-ftpd-ssl:linux-ftpd-ssl:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1217-1	New linux-ftpd packages fix access control bypass
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5762	ftpd in linux-ftpd 0.17, and possibly other versions, performs a chdir before setting the UID, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by redirecting their home directory to a restricted directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/049014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22997
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1217
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21000

History

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Subscriptions

Linux-ftpd-ssl Linux-ftpd-ssl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-07T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.404Z

Reserved: 2006-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5778

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-07T18:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5778

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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