7.5

CVE-2006-5925: elinks

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2006:0742DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5925DSA-1226-1
Published 15-11-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-5925 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in elinks. EPSS estimates a 8.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritiseweaponized exploit

Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 18-11-2006)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.76%
0%100%
Low · +0.51 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 15-11-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.51 pp

From 8.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Links_ ELinks 'smbclient' - Remote Command Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotemultipleVerified

    Links 1.00pre12 - 'smbclient' Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian3 products
  • elinks< 0.10.4-7.1 | < 0.11.1-1.2
  • links< 0.99+1.00pre12-1sarge1
  • links2< 2.1pre16-1sarge1 | < 2.1pre25-2
Redhat2 products
  • elinks< 0:0.9.2-3.3
  • elinks-debuginfo< 0:0.9.2-3.3
Elinks1 product
Links1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • elinks&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.13~0.20190723-1.14

5 vendors · 8 products

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