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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…
High9.0EPSS 20.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
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 (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 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)
- 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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