Unscored severity · published Nov 8, 2006
CVE-2006-5815
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…
–
CVSS
75.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)75.5% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Proftpd · Proftpd Project
through 1.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5815
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5815
bugs.proftpd.org
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858
gleg.net
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22803
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22821
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23000
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23069
More from Proftpd
8.1
CVE-2026-35025
ProFTPD ACL Bypass via /proc/self/root Path Prefix in RNFR
6.5
CVE-2026-53994
ProFTPD mod_sftp Heap Buffer Overflow via Unsigned Integer Underflow and Size Truncation
–
CVE-2009-0542
SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which…
–
CVE-2008-4242
ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute…
–
CVE-2007-2165
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…