CVE-2006-5815
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 75.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- ProFTPD 1.2 - 1.3.0 sreplace Buffer Overflow (Linux) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/ftp/proftp_sreplaceRank greatdisclosed 26 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- ProFTPd 1.2 < 1.3.0 (Linux) - 'sreplace' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16852remote, linuxpublished 9 Jan 2011Verified
- ProFTPd 1.3.0 - 'sreplace' Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2856remote, linuxpublished 27 Nov 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.5% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References25
- ADV-2006-4451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23207 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-335-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 2006-0066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 20061127 CVE-2006-5815: remote code execution in ProFTPD (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017167 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 23174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:217-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- proftpd-code-execution(30147) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2006-0070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 23069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23000 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22821 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23184 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 22803 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-5799 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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