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CVE-2005-4601
The delegate code in ImageMagick 6.2.4.5-0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The delegate code in ImageMagick 6.2.4.5-0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename that is processed by the display command.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
23
- imagemagick-filename-command-injection(23927) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061127 rPSA-2006-0218-1 ImageMagick (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSA:2006-045-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-957 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22121 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 23090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 231321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 16093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-246-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 18871 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10353 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345238 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18261 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0178 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-4596 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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