CVE-2006-5869

critical

Description

pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1707

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21299

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17897

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1220

http://secunia.com/advisories/23135

http://secunia.com/advisories/20012

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-26

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical