CVE-2006-1921 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host parameter of nettools.php.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1921?
CVE-2006-1921 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
nettools.php in PHP Net Tools 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1921?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Net Tools Php Net Tools.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1921?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1921 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-2006-1921 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1921 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-96pm-r5vr-mmq2.