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
Published Nov 21, 2006
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.05%
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.
Affected products
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.05% (0.02055) | 80.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01976) | 77.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.10% (0.01099) | 76.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00645) | 79.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 76.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00415) | 73.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 73.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 71.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00645) | 77.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 25, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00726) | 78.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00709) | 77.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 0.55% (0.00546) | 74.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 72.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 67.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 23, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 64.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 41.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gz x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22816 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22853 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gz | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22816 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22853 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.