Vulnerability Details : 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 CVE-2003-1308.
Products affected by CVE-2006-5969
- cpe:2.3:a:fvwm:fvwm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5969
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 24 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-5969
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.6
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.9
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6.4
|
NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2006-5969
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Red Hat 2006-11-22Not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 shipped with fvwm, however this issue does not affect the included version of fvwm.
References for CVE-2006-5969
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452
FVWM evalFolderLine() directory name command execution CVE-2006-5969 Vulnerability Report
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml
fvwm: fvwm-menu-directory fvwm command injection (GLSA 200611-17) — Gentoo security
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http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLog
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419
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