CVE-2006-6599

Exp

maketorrent.php in TorrentFlux 2.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (";" semicolon) in the announce parameter.

Published: 2006-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6599 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6599

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2903 exploit_db edb 2006-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6599

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 2026-04-27 3.35% 4.10% +0.75%
2 2025-09-19 3.35% 3.35% -0.00%
3 2025-08-03 — 3.35% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6599

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6599

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6599

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6599: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6599
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6599 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torrentflux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6599

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6599

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
torrentflux torrentflux 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6599

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