CVE-2006-4994

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unquoted Windows search path vulnerabilities in Apache Friends XAMPP 1.5.2 might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious program file in %SYSTEMDRIVE%, which is run when XAMPP attempts to execute (1) FileZillaServer.exe, (2) mysqld-nt.exe, (3) Perl.exe, or (4) xamppcontrol.exe with an unquoted "Program Files" pathname.

Affected products

XAMPP: 1.5.2

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046218.html
http://secdev.zoller.lu/research/xamp1.htm
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/news-article%2C75557.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434699/30/4860/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26581
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046218.html
http://secdev.zoller.lu/research/xamp1.htm
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/news-article%2C75557.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434699/30/4860/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26581

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