CVE-2006-6678

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    CVE-2006-6678

    Published: 21 Dec 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The edit_textarea function in form-file.c in Netrik 1.15.4 and earlier does not properly verify temporary filenames when editing textarea fields, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/23822, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1251, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5092, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=472131&group_id=23183, http://netrik.cvs.sourceforge.net/netrik/netrik/form-file.c?r1=1.3&r2=1.4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22158

    Affected packages

    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
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