netatalk: papd command injection vulnerability
Published Dec 26, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.53%
Description
The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain variables in a pipe command for the print file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a print request, as demonstrated using a crafted Title.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.3
- 1.4.99-0.20000927
- 1.4.99-0.20001108
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3.1
- 1.5.5
- 1.5pre3
- 1.5pre4
- 1.5pre5
- 1.5pre6
- 1.5pre7
- 1.5pre8
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.4a
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 4.53% (0.04526) | 91.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.53% (0.04526) | 90.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.40% (0.02405) | 83.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.72% (0.05722) | 83.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.47% (0.02469) | 84.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01291) | 86.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01291) | 85.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.29% (0.01291) | 83.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/50824 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33227 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33548 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34484 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=648189 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1705 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32925 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5718 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480641 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5718
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5718
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00962.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00966.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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