CVE-2006-0845

Leif M. Wright's Blog 3.5 allows remote authenticated users with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary programs, including shell commands, by configuring the sendmail path to a malicious pathname.

Published: 2006-02-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0845 is rated Moderate Risk (49.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0845

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.20% 1.26% +0.07%
2 2025-07-29 0.61% 1.20% +0.59%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0845

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0845

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0845

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
leif_m._wright web_blog 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:leif_m._wright:web_blog:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0845

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