{"cve":"CVE-2008-1668","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-13T18:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:52:12.563","status":"Modified","description":"ftpd.c in (1) wu-ftpd 2.4.2 and (2) ftpd in HP HP-UX B.11.11 assigns uid 0 to the FTP client in certain operating-system misconfigurations in which PAM authentication can succeed even though no passwd entry is available for a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by a login attempt for an LDAP account when nsswitch.conf does not specify LDAP for passwd information.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01525562","http://secunia.com/advisories/31471","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/4","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30666","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020682"],"products":["hp:hp-ux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1668","score":0.0446,"percentile":0.91437,"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."]}