CVE-2012-6095 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2012-6095?

CVE-2012-6095 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jan 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6095?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Proftpd Proftpd.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6095?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-6095 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2010-4221 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-20103 ProFTPD 1.3.3c Backdoor Command Execution Critical 9.3
• CVE-2011-4130 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2026-63090 ProFTPD mod_sftp Heap Buffer Overflow via SFTP Packet Reassembly High 8.7
• CVE-2026-35025 ProFTPD ACL Bypass via /proc/self/root Path Prefix in RNFR High 8.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6095, DSA-2606-1, GHSA-c2hf-xq5q-pvf6.