{
    "id": "CVE-2006-5815",
    "published": "2006-11-08 23:07:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:31:55",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.74234",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99475",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:15:21",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "proftpd_project",
            "product": "proftpd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16852",
            "title": "ProFTPd 1.2 < 1.3.0 (Linux) - 'sreplace' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2011-01-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16852"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2856",
            "title": "ProFTPd 1.3.0 - 'sreplace' Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2006-11-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2856"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/",
        "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4451",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30147"
    ]
}