HIGH
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."
Published Nov 8, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 74.23%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
74.23% 0.74234
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.74234
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 (28 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 74.23% (0.74234) | 99.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 74.08% (0.74077) | 99.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 5, 2026 | 75.09% (0.75089) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 77.21% (0.77211) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 74.73% (0.74734) | 98.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 73.39% (0.73385) | 98.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 59.83% (0.59834) | 98.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 62.39% (0.62385) | 98.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 65.64% (0.65643) | 98.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 15, 2025 | 64.37% (0.64367) | 98.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 69.43% (0.69431) | 98.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 76.86% (0.76858) | 98.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 72.16% (0.72162) | 98.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 68.75% (0.68747) | 98.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 57.63% (0.57631) | 97.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 62.11% (0.62109) | 97.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 52.92% (0.52922) | 97.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2024 | 53.90% (0.53901) | 97.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 54.09% (0.54089) | 97.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 52.78% (0.52776) | 97.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 47.80% (0.47803) | 97.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 36.98% (0.36984) | 96.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 38.38% (0.38382) | 96.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2023 | 31.09% (0.31094) | 96.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 27.37% (0.27369) | 96.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 26.63% (0.26625) | 95.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 74.94% (0.74943) | 99.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 74.94% (0.74943) | 99.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (25)
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22803 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22821 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23000 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23069 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23125 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23174 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23179 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23184 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23207 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017167 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035-proftpd.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452760/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20992 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4451 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30147 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 8, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 8, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5815
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a