CVE-2006-5969

N/A Unknown
Published: November 17, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22961
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23089
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLog
Source: cve@mitre.org
URL Repurposed
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22961
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23089
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel/2419/focus=2419
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo-portage.com/x11-wm/fvwm/ChangeLog
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
URL Repurposed
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30452
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
20th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

fvwm