CVE-2001-0456

Published Jun 27, 2001

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "58B90124-0543-4226-BFF4-13CCCBCCB243"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References