Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5718

RCE

Title: Netatalk RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5718.

CWE Category CWE-78

Published Date Dec 26, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.53%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5718: 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.

Impacted Vendors

netatalk 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://osvdb.org/50824 http://secunia.com/advisories/33227 http://secunia.com/advisories/33548 http://secunia.com/advisories/34484 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=648189 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1705 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32925 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00962.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00966.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://osvdb.org/50824 http://secunia.com/advisories/33227 http://secunia.com/advisories/33548 http://secunia.com/advisories/34484 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=648189 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1705 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32925 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00962.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00966.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5718 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 26, 2008 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.