High severity · published Nov 29, 2024
CVE-2024-48651
In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemental groups from mod_sql
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemental groups from mod_sql.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Proftpd · Proftpd
through 1.3.8b; before cec01cc · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48651
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48651
github.com
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/cec01cc0a2523453e5da5a486bc6d977c3768db1
github.com
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1830
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00032.html
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