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CVE-2006-5778

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5778 describes a local access restriction bypass vulnerability in ftpd, specifically in linux-ftpd version 0.17 and potentially others. The flaw allows local users to redirect their home directory to a restricted location due to the ftpd process performing a chdir before setting the user ID. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low severity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact if exploited locally with low attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux-ftpd-ssl:linux-ftpd-ssl:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/049014.html
secunia.com / advisories/22997
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1217
securityfocus.com / bid/21000