CVE-2006-6576

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6576 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 66.81%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6576

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
49629 exploit_db edb 2021-03-09 Exploit-DB ↗
17355 exploit_db edb 2011-06-02 Exploit-DB ↗
16036 exploit_db edb 2011-01-23 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6576

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 88.58% 66.81% -21.77%
2 2025-08-03 88.41% 88.58% +0.17%
3 2025-03-17 — 88.41% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6576

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6576

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6576

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6576: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
goldenftpserver golden_ftp_server 1.92 cpe:2.3:a:goldenftpserver:golden_ftp_server:1.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6576

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