CVE-2006-2548

Public Exploit

Description

Prodder before 0.5, and perlpodder before 0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast (url attribute of an enclosure tag, or $enc_url variable), which is executed when running wget.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 30.23% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory redteam-pentesting.de Vendor Advisory redteam-pentesting.de Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26575 vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0567.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18068 exploit vdb entry patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26568 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434712/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1905 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-002.php exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25690 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20238 third party advisory
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php exploit patch vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=418189&group_id=148643 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/20208 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/942 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2548?
CVE-2006-2548 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2548?
To fix CVE-2006-2548, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2548 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2548 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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