Description
ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, which allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories with the privileges of gid 0 and possibly enable additional attack vectors.
Published: 2007-02-28
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-7076 ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, which allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories with the privileges of gid 0 and possibly enable additional attack vectors.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:50:06.287Z

Reserved: 2007-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-7094

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-02T21:18:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-7094

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