CVE-2006-5872

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: 2006-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

login.pl in SQL-Ledger before 2.6.21 and LedgerSMB before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the "-e" flag in the script parameter, which is used as an argument to the perl program.

Affected products

Dws Systems Inc. Sql-Ledger: 2.6.27

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23375
http://secunia.com/advisories/23419
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017391
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1239
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458300/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21634
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5043
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0407
http://secunia.com/advisories/23375
http://secunia.com/advisories/23419
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017391
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1239

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