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CVE-2024-48651 (GCVE-0-2024-48651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:22
VLAI
Summary
In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemental groups from mod_sql.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-29 15:02 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
proftpd proftpd Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.8b (custom)
Affected: 0 , < cec01cc (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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