{"cve":"CVE-2007-2165","nvd":{"published":"2007-04-22T19:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:39:03.680","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419255","http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2922","http://osvdb.org/34602","http://secunia.com/advisories/24867","http://secunia.com/advisories/25724"],"products":["proftpd_project:proftpd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:46:28.846926071+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-2165","score":0.12189,"percentile":0.96163,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}