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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-2550

perlpodder before 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast, which are executed when saving the URL to a log file.

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 4.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

perlpodder before 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast, which are executed when saving the URL to a log file. NOTE: the wget vector is already covered by CVE-2006-2548.

CVSS 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.34% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
perlpodder/perlpodder
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.