CVE-2006-7094 describes a vulnerability in ftpd, affecting Gentoo and Debian Linux, where the effective group ID is incorrectly set to the effective user ID before executing /bin/ls. This flaw allows authenticated remote users to list arbitrary directories with root privileges (gid 0), potentially opening further attack avenues. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.5, indicating a critical impact with network accessibility, medium attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ftpd:ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.