CVE-2006-0446 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote privileged attackers can execute arbitrary commands on the web server in WeBWorK, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-0446?

CVE-2006-0446 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jan 2006. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in WeBWorK 2.1.3 and 2.2-pre1 allows remote privileged attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the web server via unknown attack vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0446?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Webwork Webwork.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0446?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2006-0446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4wwc-5xpr-v7cw.

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