CVE-2011-1526

CVE-2011-1526 describes a vulnerability in the GSS-API FTP daemon of MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (krb5-appl) 1.0.1 and earlier, as well as various Linux distributions like Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to bypass group access restrictions due to a missing check for the krb5_setegid return value, enabling them to create, overwrite, delete, or read files via standard FTP commands. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring network access and authentication, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.