CVE-2006-6576
Heap-based buffer overflow in Golden FTP Server (goldenftpd) 1.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 67.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Golden FTP Server (goldenftpd) 1.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long PASS command. NOTE: it was later reported that 4.70 is also affected. NOTE: the USER vector is already covered by CVE-2005-0634.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- GoldenFTP PASS Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/goldenftp_pass_bofRank averagedisclosed 23 Jan 2011
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Golden FTP Server 4.70 - 'PASS' Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49629remote, windowspublished 9 Mar 2021Verified
- Golden FTP Server 4.70 - PASS Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17355remote, windowspublished 2 Jun 2011Verified
- Golden FTP Server 4.70 - 'PASS' Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16036remote, windowspublished 23 Jan 2011Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 16036 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
Timeline
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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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.2% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 45924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/golden_heap.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4936 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23323 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45957 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16036 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161711/Golden-FTP-Server-4.70-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2006-6559 (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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