HIGH
Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion
Published Dec 20, 2006
9.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.03%
Description
Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.1
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.3.9
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4.6
- 10.4.7
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.9
- 10.4.10
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.
9.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
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.
20.03% 0.20031
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.20031
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.03% (0.20031) | 97.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.41% (0.19415) | 97.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 22, 2025 | 36.07% (0.36071) | 96.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 32.53% (0.32534) | 96.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 26.70% (0.26697) | 94.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 32.53% (0.32534) | 96.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 38.26% (0.38256) | 96.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 56.99% (0.56992) | 97.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 2.29% (0.02294) | 88.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 3.07% (0.03072) | 89.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2023 | 2.55% (0.02546) | 88.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02339) | 88.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 2.60% (0.02605) | 88.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.12% (0.02117) | 87.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 35.94% (0.35936) | 97.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 35.94% (0.35936) | 96.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-027.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051009.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23178 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017386 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/31781 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21377 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30670 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-027.txt.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051009.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23178 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017386 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/31781 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21377 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30670 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 20, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 19, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6652
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a