CVE-2006-5925 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Links 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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.26% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-11-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| elinks | elinks |
| links | links |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Links_ ELinks 'smbclient' - Remote Command Execution | 2006-11-18 |
| exploit-db | Links 1.00pre12 - 'smbclient' Remote Code Execution | 2006-11-14 |
References
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116355556512780&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22923
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23022
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23132
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23234
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23389
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23467
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-16.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017232
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017233
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1228
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1240
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-27.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:216
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