CVE-2006-5790

Elog Web Logbook vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an entry with an attachment whose name contains format string specifiers (el_submit function), and possibly other vectors in the (2) receive_config, (3) show_rss_feed, (4) show_elog_list, (5) show_logbook_node, and (6) server_loop functions.

Affected vendor

Stefan Ritt

Affected product

Elog Web Logbook

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-11-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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