HIGH
security flaw
Published Nov 15, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.26%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.26% 0.08258
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08258
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 8.26% (0.08258) | 94.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.05% (0.08050) | 94.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 33.21% (0.33207) | 96.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 26, 2025 | 20.09% (0.20090) | 95.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 22.48% (0.22476) | 95.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.62% (0.23616) | 95.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 33.37% (0.33367) | 95.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 24.08% (0.24078) | 95.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 81.40% (0.81396) | 98.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 84.30% (0.84295) | 98.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 80.73% (0.80732) | 97.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 81.23% (0.81225) | 97.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 80.78% (0.80776) | 97.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 47.94% (0.47944) | 98.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 47.94% (0.47944) | 98.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (32)
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116355556512780&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017232 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017233 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1228 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1240 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-27.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:216 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0742.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451870/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21082 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5925 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618231 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30299 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5925
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5925
- https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 15, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 15, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5925
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a