CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0178

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Format string vulnerability in /bin/ftp in UNICOS 9.0.2.2. Local users can exploit format specifiers in the quote command, leading to unknown impact. Due to lack of setuid and typical local use, privilege escalation risk is low.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization is limited as the vulnerability requires local access and does not allow privilege escalation. However, it could enable a local attacker to cause system instability or information disclosure.

Recommendation

Update UNICOS to the latest version or apply the vendor patch. If not possible, restrict local account access and monitor ftp command usage.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Format string vulnerability in /bin/ftp in UNICOS 9.0.2.2 allows local users to have an unknown impact via format string specifiers in the quote command. NOTE: because the program is not setuid and not normally called from remote programs, there may not be a typical attack vector for the issue that crosses privilege boundaries. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS