HIGH
The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters
Published Feb 8, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.39%
Description
The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
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.
2.39% 0.02392
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02392
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.39% (0.02392) | 83.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.32% (0.02318) | 81.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.96% (0.00963) | 74.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01273) | 86.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 20, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01273) | 84.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 84.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 1.47% (0.01475) | 85.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | 1.30% (0.01298) | 84.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 1.38% (0.01379) | 84.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01226) | 83.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901 x_refsource_MISC
- http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24159 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24510 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24159 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24510 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 8, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 8, 2007
Link CVE-2006-6979
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a