CVE-2006-5869
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.6% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5853)
- Published
- November 26, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5853 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pstotext / pstotext
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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17897
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21299
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1707
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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