CVE-2006-5869

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Published Nov 26, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pstotext:pstotext:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1220-1	New pstotext packages fix arbitrary shell command execution
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5853	pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.565% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17897
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21299
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1707

History

Jul 15, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0055}`	epss `{'score': 0.00573}`

Subscriptions

Pstotext Pstotext

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 26, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:04 PM
Reserved: Nov 14, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 26, 2006, 10:07 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

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