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CVE-2012-6095: proftpd Race Condition

CVSS: 1.2v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-6095DSA-2606-1
Published 24-01-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6095 is a low (CVSS 1.2) Race Condition vulnerability in proftpd. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
5/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.2/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.69%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-01-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.5rc1, when using the UserOwner directive, allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition and a symlink attack on the (1) MKD or (2) XMKD commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.69% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.69%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • proftpd-dfsg< 1.3.4a-3 | < 1.3.3a-6squeeze6
Proftpd1 product
  • proftpd≤ 1.3.4 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.0:pre10 | 1.2.0:pre9 | 1.2.0:rc1 | 1.2.0:rc2 | 1.2.0:rc3 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.2:rc1 | 1.2.2:rc2 | 1.2.2:rc3 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.5:rc1 | 1.2.5:rc2 | 1.2.5:rc3 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.6:rc1 | 1.2.6:rc2 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.7:rc1 | 1.2.7:rc2 | 1.2.7:rc3 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.8:rc1 | 1.2.8:rc2 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.9:rc1 | 1.2.9:rc2 | 1.2.9:rc3 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.10:rc1 | 1.2.10:rc2 | 1.2.10:rc3 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.0:a | 1.3.0:rc1 | 1.3.0:rc2 | 1.3.0:rc3 | 1.3.0:rc4 | 1.3.0:rc5 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.1:rc1 | 1.3.1:rc2 | 1.3.1:rc3 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.2:a | 1.3.2:b | 1.3.2:c | 1.3.2:d | 1.3.2:e | 1.3.2:rc1 | 1.3.2:rc2 | 1.3.2:rc3 | 1.3.2:rc4 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.3:a | 1.3.3:b | 1.3.3:c | 1.3.3:rc1 | 1.3.3:rc2 | 1.3.3:rc3 | 1.3.3:rc4 | 1.3.4:rc1 | 1.3.4:rc2 | 1.3.4:rc3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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