CVE-2006-5969
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows...
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
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CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- Record
CVE-2006-5969- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- Record
CVE-2006-5969- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5952 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- Record
EUVD-2006-5952- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3qhr-r9v4-8365 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows...
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- Record
GHSA-3qhr-r9v4-8365- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- Record
CVE-2006-5969- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10773-1 No score
fvwm2-2.6.9-2.11 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the fvwm2-2.6.9-2.11 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10773-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-5969 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Fvwm, published November 17, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in fvwm 1:2.5.18-2.