TI-2006-05751 Aliases CVE-2006-5969 GHSA-3qhr-r9v4-8365

CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier…

LOW 22Published 2006-11-17 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00419 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:fvwm:fvwm::::::::	up to 2.5.18	Vulnerable	Fvwm

cpe:2.3:a:fvwm:fvwm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.5.18 Vulnerable ·Fvwm

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5969
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3qhr-r9v4-8365

References

Advisory 1

GLSA-200611-17

Other 2

TI-2003-01208 CRLF injection vulnerability in fvwm-menu-directory for fvwm 2.5.x before 2.5.10 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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