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critical 10.0

CVE-2006-5815 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause…

published 2006-11-08 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5799

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.5%
EPSS 75.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • proftpd-dfsg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.0-15

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5815

  • proftpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.6e-1.10

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11196-1

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/ftp/proftp_sreplace)

Exploit prediction

75.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/ftp/proftp_sreplace ProFTPD 1.2 - 1.3.0 sreplace Buffer Overflow (Linux) metasploit exploit, great rank, 2006-11-26
  • EDB-16852 ProFTPd 1.2 < 1.3.0 (Linux) - 'sreplace' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2011-01-09
  • EDB-2856 ProFTPd 1.3.0 - 'sreplace' Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2006-11-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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