CVE-2012-6095

ProFTPD before 1.3.5rc1, when using the UserOwner directive, allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition and a symlink attack on the (1) MKD or (2) XMKD commands.

Published: 2013-01-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6095 is rated Low Risk (22.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6095

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 0.06% 0.69% +0.64%
2 2026-03-04 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6095

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6095

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6095

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6095 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6095
gentoo high CVE-2012-6095: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-15), 1 atom(s) (net-ftp/proftpd); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-6095
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6095 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6095

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6095

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
proftpd proftpd <= 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:pre10:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:e:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd proftpd 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6095

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