CVE-2006-6678

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: 2006-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The edit_textarea function in form-file.c in Netrik 1.15.4 and earlier does not properly verify temporary filenames when editing textarea fields, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

Affected products

Netrik: through 1.15.4; 1.15.2

References

http://netrik.cvs.sourceforge.net/netrik/netrik/form-file.c?r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://secunia.com/advisories/23822
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=472131&group_id=23183
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1251
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22158
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5092
http://netrik.cvs.sourceforge.net/netrik/netrik/form-file.c?r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://secunia.com/advisories/23822
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=472131&group_id=23183
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1251
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22158
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5092

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