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CVE-2007-2165

Published: Apr 22, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
12.5%
Top 4.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Auth API in ProFTPD before 20070417, when multiple simultaneous authentication modules are configured, does not require that the module that checks authentication is the same as the module that retrieves authentication data, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication, as demonstrated by use of SQLAuthTypes Plaintext in mod_sql, with data retrieved from /etc/passwd.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

proftpdproftpd project
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
n/an/a
proftpd projectoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka proftpd (professional ftp daemon), proftpd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419255
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2922
bugs.proftpd.org
http://osvdb.org/34602
osvdb.org
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Timeline

Published
Apr 22, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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