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    CVE-2006-5925

    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.

    Published:Nov 15, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 15, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.33207
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Elinks
    Product
    Elinks
    Vendor
    Links
    Product
    Links
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29033https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2784

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2012-6709 (CVSS 5.9) — ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation.…
    CVE-2012-4545 (CVSS 5.1) — The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks 0.12 before 0.12pre6, w…
    CVE-2007-2027 (CVSS 4.4) — Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for El…
    CVE-2007-5034 (CVSS 4.3) — ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of th…
    CVE-2008-7224 (CVSS 7.8) — Buffer overflow in entity_cache in ELinks before 0.11.4rc0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…
    CVE-2002-1405 (CVSS 5) — CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers in…

    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
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0742.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451870/100/200/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21082
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30299
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213
    https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226
    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
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0742.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451870/100/200/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21082
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30299
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213
    https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High