ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, which allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories with the privileges of gid 0 and possibly enable additional attack vectors
Published Feb 28, 2007
8.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.64%
Description
ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, which allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories with the privileges of gid 0 and possibly enable additional attack vectors.
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:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 3, 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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02641) | 85.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02559) | 83.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 79.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.52% (0.03520) | 79.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 79.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 77.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 75.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 75.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 25, 2023 | 0.55% (0.00547) | 74.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 18, 2023 | 0.55% (0.00553) | 74.94th | 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/384454 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155317 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://osvdb.org/34242 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-ftpd/news/20061125T181702Z.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2330 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460742/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/384454 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155317 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://osvdb.org/34242 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-ftpd/news/20061125T181702Z.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2330 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460742/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Change history (0)
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