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CVE-2006-6599 (GCVE-0-2006-6599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-15 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:34
VLAI
Summary
maketorrent.php in TorrentFlux 2.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (";" semicolon) in the announce parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/23270 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21526 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2903 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-12-09 00:00
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