CVE-2006-5925: elinks
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.
Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 18-11-2006)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 15-11-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last 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 versionEPSS 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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundLinks_ ELinks 'smbclient' - Remote Command Execution
Maturity: weaponized
Links 1.00pre12 - 'smbclient' Remote Code Execution
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
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
- elinks0.9.2
Links1 product
- links1.00pre12
Opensuse1 product
- elinks&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.13~0.20190723-1.14
5 vendors · 8 products
References
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11213VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=841X Refsource CONFIRM