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CVE-2006-6678
The edit_textarea function in form-file.c in Netrik 1.15.4 and earlier does not properly verify temporary filenames when editing textarea…
High7.5EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-1251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 22158 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5092 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://netrik.cvs.sourceforge.net/netrik/netrik/form-file.c?r1=1.3&r2=1.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=472131&group_id=23183 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23822 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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