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CVE-2006-5778

Date: November 7, 2006

ftpd in linux-ftpd 0.17, and possibly other versions, performs a chdir before setting the UID, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by redirecting their home directory to a restricted directory.

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22997

Url: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/049014.html

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21000

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5778

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1217

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-5778

Severity Score

5.9

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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