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CVE-2006-2550
perlpodder before 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast, which are…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
perlpodder before 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast, which are executed when saving the URL to a log file. NOTE: the wget vector is already covered by CVE-2006-2548.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- perlpodder-dlset-command-execution(26575) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060522 Perlpodder Remote Arbitrary Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060522 Perlpodder Remote Arbitrary Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2006-2550 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2550)Record last updated .