CVE-2006-5778

Description

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.

References

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/22997

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS