CVE-2006-6008

Published Nov 21, 2006

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: ftpd in Linux Netkit (linux-ftpd) 0.17, and possibly other versions, does not check the return status of certain seteuid, setgid, and setuid calls, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges if these calls fail in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5778.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 8
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:a:netkit:netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "EE38941C-C4E2-4277-9275-C13126797BF0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References