CVE-2006-5925

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5925
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-15 19:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionLinks web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.

Risk And Classification

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

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

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 Elinks Elinks 0.9.2 All All All
Application Links Links 1.00pre12 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1226-1 links af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for links - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1240-1 links2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo update for links - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1228-1 elinks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ELinks SMB URL Parsing Bug Lets Remote Users Upload/Download Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Links "smb" Protocol File Upload/Download Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for links - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for elinks - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ELinks: Arbitrary Samba command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian update for links2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
'[Full-disclosure] Links smbclient command execution' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Links SMB URL Parsing Bug Lets Remote Users Upload/Download Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Links: Arbitrary Samba command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
ELinks "smb" Protocol File Upload/Download Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Trustix update for bind and ed - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Links, ELinks 'smbclient' Remote Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.elinks.cz
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