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CVE-2006-5969
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.42%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% 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 4.6.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (6)
- fvwm-evalfolderline-command-execution(30452) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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