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CVE-2006-6979

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6979 describes a command injection vulnerability in the Magnatune component of Amarok, where ruby handlers fail to properly quote text, potentially in the construction of an unzip command. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5, it poses a significant risk with low attack complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amarok:amarok:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0232 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugs.kde.org / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23984
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24159
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24510
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/22568
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0613
Vendor Advisory