CVE-2012-6095
ProFTPD before 1.3.5rc1, when using the UserOwner directive, allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition and a symlink attack on the (1) MKD or (2) XMKD commands.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.5rc1, when using the UserOwner directive, allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition and a symlink attack on the (1) MKD or (2) XMKD commands.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- proftpd/proftpd
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3841
- http://proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.5rc1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51823Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2606
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/07/3
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3841
- http://proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.5rc1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51823Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2606
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/07/3
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.