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TI-2006-06835 Aliases CVE-2006-7094GHSA-2m99-h743-796m

ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, which allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories with the privileges of gid 0 and possibly enable additional attack vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02641 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning ongentoo
cpe:2.3:a:ftpd:ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableFtpd
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0Running onDebian
  • cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·gentoo
  • cpe:2.3:a:ftpd:ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Ftpd
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Running on ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-7094
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2m99-h743-796m

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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