CVE-2008-1668 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting wu-ftpd 2.4.2 and HP-UX B.11.11 ftpd. This flaw allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by exploiting specific operating system misconfigurations where PAM authentication succeeds without a corresponding passwd entry, leading to uid 0 assignment for the FTP client. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 83/100 indicates its potential severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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