CVE-2006-6008

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 21, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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