CVE-2007-2165

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.05.1Medium EPSS percentile96th12% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2007-04-22Updated 2026-04-23Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

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.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS96th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

12% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 96th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 7004 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-06-22EPSS band changelow → moderate
2026-04-23Patch availablerecord updated
2007-04-22Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

proftpd projectoss-projectaka proftpd, proftpd (professional ftp daemon)
- proftpdOn-premNetworking Infrastructure / network-management

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Scored 5.1 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity HighSpecialized conditions required
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality PartialSome information is disclosed
Integrity PartialSome data can be modified
Availability PartialReduced performance or service disruption

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-OtherNo name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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