CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308
Published Nov 17, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00418) | 33.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 32.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 17.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 24.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22961 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23089 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLog x_refsource_MISCURL Repurposed
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5969 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5969
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5969
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22961 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23089 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLog | x_refsource_MISCURL Repurposed | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5969 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5969 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5969 |
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