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CVE-2008-1668

CVE-2008-1668

EPSS 4.5%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01525562http://secunia.com/advisories/31471https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44414https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5971http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/4http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30666http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020682http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2364