{"id":"CVE-2012-6095","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6095","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:28.122Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2013-01-24T21:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":1.2,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["proftpd/proftpd"],"epss":{"score":0.00693,"percentile":0.52657,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3841","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.5rc1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51823","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2606","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/07/3","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3841","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.5rc1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51823","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2606","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/07/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6095","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}