CVE-2006-6008 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in ftpd within Linux Netkit 0.17, and potentially other versions. The flaw stems from the ftpd daemon failing to check the return status of seteuid, setgid, and setuid calls, which could allow remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges if these calls fail due to issues like PAM failures or resource limits. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring network access and authentication for exploitation, and potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netkit:netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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