01 Record

CVE-2006-6979

The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 83.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2007-02-08 18:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 20:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2007-02-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bd0f4fb07409e064c5d84b76c3353cf24b28044c7c6108ecc22131da95425fd0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

amarokamarokNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com23984http://secunia.com/advisories/23984third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2007-0613http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
lists.suse.comSUSE-SR:2007:002http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901x_refsource_MISC
secunia.com24510http://secunia.com/advisories/24510third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com22568http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugs.kde.orghttp://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499x_refsource_MISC
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200703-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
secunia.com24159http://secunia.com/advisories/24159third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

07 Fixed in

Debian 13

amarok
Fixed in 1.4.4-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

amarok
Fixed in 1.4.4-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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