CVE-2012-6095 describes a race condition vulnerability in ProFTPD versions prior to 1.3.5rc1, specifically when the UserOwner directive is enabled. A local attacker can exploit this flaw via symlink attacks on the MKD or XMKD commands to modify the ownership of arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 1.2, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and high attack complexity, with a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:pre10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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