CVE-2006-5969 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function of fvwm versions 2.5.18 and earlier. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by injecting carriage returns into directory names, which are then improperly processed by fvwm-menu-directory. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fvwm:fvwm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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