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CVE-2006-5869

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5869 describes a user-assisted command injection vulnerability in pstotext versions prior to 1.9. An attacker could execute arbitrary commands by embedding shell metacharacters within a filename processed by the application. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity with network access, high attack complexity, and partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pstotext:pstotext:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/20012
secunia.com / advisories/23135
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1220
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/17897
securityfocus.com / bid/21299
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1707