CVE-2007-2165
The Auth API in ProFTPD before 20070417, when multiple simultaneous authentication modules are configured, does not require that the…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 12.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Auth API in ProFTPD before 20070417, when multiple simultaneous authentication modules are configured, does not require that the module that checks authentication is the same as the module that retrieves authentication data, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication, as demonstrated by use of SQLAuthTypes Plaintext in mod_sql, with data retrieved from /etc/passwd.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.2% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2922 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 25724 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1017931 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2613 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- proftpd-authapi-security-bypass(33733) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2007-2160 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-2165)Record last updated .