Improper input validation in Amarok

CVE-2006-6979

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2006-6979: held from 0.023 to 0.024.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.024 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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