VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-5925
Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.26% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- elinks/elinks · links/links
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116355556512780&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22905Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22920Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22923Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23022Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23188Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23234Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23389Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23467Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24005Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-16.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017232
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017233
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1228
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1240
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-27.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:216
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0742.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451870/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21082
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30299
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213
- https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116355556512780&w=2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.