CVE-2006-0636

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

desktop.php in eyeOS 0.8.9 and earlier tests for the existence of the _SESSION variable before calling the session_start function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code and possibly conduct other attacks by modifying critical assumed-immutable variables, as demonstrated using PHP code in the _SESSION[apps][eyeOptions.eyeapp][wrapup] variable.

Affected products

Eyeos Project Eyeos: 0.8, 0.8.1, 0.8.1_r1, 0.8.2, 0.8.2_r1, 0.8.2_r2 (+12)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18757
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/419
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015609
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00096-02072006
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424329/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16537
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0466
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24569
http://secunia.com/advisories/18757
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/419
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015609
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00096-02072006

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