CVE-2006-0681

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0681
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-15 00:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in powerd.c in Power Daemon (powerd) 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the WHATIDO variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.123730000 probability, percentile 0.939080000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Power Daemon Power Daemon 2.0.0 All All All
Application Power Daemon Power Daemon 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Power Daemon Power Daemon 2.0.1 All All All
Application Power Daemon Power Daemon 2.0.1.1 All All All
Application Power Daemon Power Daemon 2.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PowerD Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecPoint Cyber Security Vulnerability Scanning UTM Firewall WiFi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gotfault.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Power Daemon WHATIDO syslog Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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