CRLF injection vulnerability in fvwm-menu-directory for fvwm 2.5.x before 2.5.10 and 2.4.x before 2.4.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a filename
Published Nov 17, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.34%
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in fvwm-menu-directory for fvwm 2.5.x before 2.5.10 and 2.4.x before 2.4.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a filename.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 shipped with fvwm, however this issue does not affect the included version of fvwm.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.34% (0.01336) | 70.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01323) | 67.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.31% (0.00310) | 51.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://www.fvwm.org/news/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9161 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-1308 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1308
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1308
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.fvwm.org/news/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9161 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-1308 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1308 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1308 |
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