CVE-2006-5872

login.pl in SQL-Ledger before 2.6.21 and LedgerSMB before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the "-e" flag in the script parameter, which is used as an argument to the perl program.

Published: 2006-12-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5872 is rated Moderate Risk (56.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5872

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 1.49% 1.70% +0.21%
2 2026-01-11 1.17% 1.49% +0.32%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.17% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5872

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5872

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5872

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5872: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5872
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-5872 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sql-ledger), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dws_systems_inc. sql-ledger 2.6.27 cpe:2.3:a:dws_systems_inc.:sql-ledger:2.6.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5872

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