CVE-2006-6652
Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 20.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- NetBSD 3.1 - 'FTPd / Tnftpd' Port Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29204dos, netbsd_x86published 1 Dec 2006Verified
- NetBSD - 'FTPd / Tnftpd' Remote Stack Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2874dos, bsdpublished 30 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
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.0% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- NetBSD-SA2006-027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDx_transferred
- 1017386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- netbsd-ftpd-glob-bo(30670) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31781 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 23178 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061201 NetBSD FTPD and ports ***REMOTE ROOOOOT HOLE*** (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 21377 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-6635 (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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