6.5

CVE-2006-6008: netkit

CVSS: 6.5v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-6008
Published 21-11-2006Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6008 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in netkit. EPSS estimates a 2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.06%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1217DSA-1217-1

Timeline

  1. 21-11-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 2.05% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • linux-ftpd< 0.17-23
Netkit1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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