VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-0456

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-06-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.

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