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CVE-2007-2165

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.1 Published: 2007-04-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The Auth API in ProFTPD before 20070417, when multiple simultaneous authentication modules are configured, does not require that the module that checks authentication is the same as the module that retrieves authentication data, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication, as demonstrated by use of SQLAuthTypes Plaintext in mod_sql, with data retrieved from /etc/passwd.

Affected Platforms

Proftpd Project Proftpd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References