CVE-2008-5718
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain variables in a pipe command for the print file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a print request, as demonstrated using a crafted Title.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5689)
- Published
- December 26, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5689 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- netatalk / netatalk
- netatalk / netatalk
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- netatalk / netatalk
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/50824
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33227(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33548(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34484(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=648189
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1705(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32925(Patch)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00962.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00966.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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