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CVE-2006-6576

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 67.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• Goldenftpserver Golden Ftp Server: 1.92

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161711/Golden-FTP-Server-4.70-Buffer-Overflow.html
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/golden_heap.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23323
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16036
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45924
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45957
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4936
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161711/Golden-FTP-Server-4.70-Buffer-Overflow.html
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/golden_heap.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23323
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16036
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45924

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