CVE-2006-6678

critical

Description

The edit_textarea function in form-file.c in Netrik 1.15.4 and earlier does not properly verify temporary filenames when editing textarea fields, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5092

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22158

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1251

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=472131&group_id=23183

http://secunia.com/advisories/23822

http://netrik.cvs.sourceforge.net/netrik/netrik/form-file.c?r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-21

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00602