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CVE-2006-5869

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Affected products

• Pstotext: 1.9

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20012
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23135
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1220
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17897
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21299
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1707
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20012
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23135
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1220
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17897

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