Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5925

RCE

Title: Links RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5925

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 15, 2006
Modified Date Apr 23, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
33.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5925: Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.

Impacted Vendors

T
twibright_labs 1
L
links 1
E
elinks 1

Reference Links

http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116355556512780&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/22905 http://secunia.com/advisories/22920 http://secunia.com/advisories/22923 http://secunia.com/advisories/23022 http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 http://secunia.com/advisories/23188 http://secunia.com/advisories/23234 http://secunia.com/advisories/23389 http://secunia.com/advisories/23467 http://secunia.com/advisories/24005 http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-16.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1017232 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017233 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1228 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1240 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-27.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:216 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0742.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451870/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21082 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30299 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213 https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226 http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116355556512780&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/22905 http://secunia.com/advisories/22920 http://secunia.com/advisories/22923 http://secunia.com/advisories/23022 http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 http://secunia.com/advisories/23188 http://secunia.com/advisories/23234 http://secunia.com/advisories/23389 http://secunia.com/advisories/23467 http://secunia.com/advisories/24005 http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-16.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1017232 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017233 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1228 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1240 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-27.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:216 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0742.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451870/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21082 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30299 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213 https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5925 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29033
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2784
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.