CVE-2006-5815 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 74.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 74.23% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-11-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| proftpd project | proftpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ProFTPd 1.2 < 1.3.0 (Linux) - 'sreplace' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2011-01-09 |
| exploit-db | ProFTPd 1.3.0 - 'sreplace' Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) | 2006-11-27 |
References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22821
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23000
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23069
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23125
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23207
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017167
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035-proftpd.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452760/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20992
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