CVE-2006-5815

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 08 Nov 2006, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 20:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
critical
90/100
CVSS Score
10 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
74.73% CRITICAL
75% probability +14.90%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Nov 2006, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 20:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 74.73%• Percentile: 99%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • proftpd_project•proftpd

    ≤ 1.3.0

References (25)