VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-5969
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of…
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- fvwm/fvwm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23089
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419
- http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLogURL Repurposed
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23089
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419
- http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLogURL Repurposed
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.