CVE-2006-5815 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting ProFTPD versions 1.3.0 and earlier, specifically within the sreplace function. This flaw allows remote, likely authenticated, attackers to trigger a denial of service and execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of recent community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.