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CVE-2006-5869
pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
Medium5.1EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- DSA-1220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21299 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1707 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23135 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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