9.3

CVE-2008-5718: netatalk OS Command Injection

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5718DSA-1705-1DTSA-183-1
Published 26-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5718 is a high (CVSS 9.3) OS Command Injection vulnerability in netatalk. EPSS estimates a 4.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • netatalk< 2.0.4~beta2-1 | < 2.0.3-11+lenny1 | < 2.0.3-4+etch1
Netatalk1 product
  • netatalk≤ 2.0.3 | 1.4.99-0.20000927 | 1.4.99-0.20001108 | 1.5:rc1 | 1.5:rc2 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.1.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3.1 | 1.5.5 | 1.5pre3 | 1.5pre4 | 1.5pre5 | 1.5pre6 | 1.5pre7 | 1.5pre8 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.4a | 2.0:alpha1 | 2.0:alpha2 | 2.0:beta1 | 2.0:beta2 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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