CVE-2012-6095

low
Published 2013-01-24 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
1.2
VIR risk
1.2

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6095

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51823

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.4a-3
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.4a-3
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.4a-3
debian debiansidfixed1.3.4a-3
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.4a-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
proftpdproftpd{"endIncluding":"1.3.4"}
proftpdproftpd1.2.0
proftpdproftpd1.2.1
proftpdproftpd1.2.2
proftpdproftpd1.2.3
proftpdproftpd1.2.4
proftpdproftpd1.2.5
proftpdproftpd1.2.6
proftpdproftpd1.2.7
proftpdproftpd1.2.8
proftpdproftpd1.2.9
proftpdproftpd1.2.10
proftpdproftpd1.3.0
proftpdproftpd1.3.1
proftpdproftpd1.3.2
proftpdproftpd1.3.3
proftpdproftpd1.3.4

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.