CVE-2008-1668

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

ftpd.c in (1) wu-ftpd 2.4.2 and (2) ftpd in HP HP-UX B.11.11 assigns uid 0 to the FTP client in certain operating-system misconfigurations in which PAM authentication can succeed even though no passwd entry is available for a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by a login attempt for an LDAP account when nsswitch.conf does not specify LDAP for passwd information.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 13, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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