# CVE-2006-7094: ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, whic

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-02-28 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ftpd, as used by Gentoo and Debian Linux, sets the gid to the effective uid instead of the effective group id before executing /bin/ls, which allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories with the privileges of gid 0 and possibly enable additional attack vectors.

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## References

- http://osvdb.org/34242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460742/100/0/threaded
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2330
- http://bugs.debian.org/384454
- http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-ftpd/news/20061125T181702Z.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155317

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