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CVE-2008-6556

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

cgi-bin/webutil.pl in The Puppet Master WebUtil 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the whois command.

Affected products

• Puppet Master Webutil: 2.3

References

• http://osvdb.org/51181
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489961/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28393
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41400
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49820
• http://osvdb.org/51181
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489961/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28393
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41400
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49820

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