CVE-2006-6652
highpriority · attend · 53EPSS 0.200 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-2874NetBSD - 'FTPd / Tnftpd' Remote Stack Overflow (PoC)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-29204NetBSD 3.1 - 'FTPd / Tnftpd' Port Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (46)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391enisa_euvd
- http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-027.txt.ascenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051009.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23178enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017386enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/31781enisa_euvd
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