Is CVE-2006-6979 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6979 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6979?

CVE-2006-6979 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-6979

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD

The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 2.4% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6961)
Published: February 8, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6961 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

amarok / amarok

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23984(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24159(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24510(Vendor Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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