CVE-2001-0456 — 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

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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

Published Sep 18, 2001

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.88%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.88% 0.05882

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05882

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.88% (0.05882)	92.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.88% (0.05882)	92.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.78% (0.00782)	72.05th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.89% (0.02891)	91.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 23, 2024	2.89% (0.02891)	90.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 19, 2023	0.77% (0.00769)	78.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00159)	50.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-032
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6208
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-032		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6208		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 18, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 24, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0456

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0456

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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