ftpd.c in (1) wu-ftpd 2.4.2 and (2) ftpd in HP HP-UX B.11.11 assigns uid 0 to the FTP client in certain operating-system misconfigurations in which PAM authentication can succeed even though no passwd entry is available for a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by a login attempt for an LDAP account when nsswitch.conf does not specify LDAP for passwd information.
References
Configurations
Information
Published : 2008-08-13 11:41
Updated : 2017-09-28 18:30
NVD link : CVE-2008-1668
Mitre link : CVE-2008-1668
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CWE
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Products Affected
hp
- hp-ux