CVE-2006-6979

The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Published: 2007-02-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6979 is rated Moderate Risk (59.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.32%). EPSS rose +1.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6979

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 1.05% 2.32% +1.27%
2 2026-03-04 1.07% 1.05% -0.02%
3 2025-09-27 — 1.07% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6979

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-2006-6979

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6979

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2006-6979 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (amarok), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6979
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6979 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (amarok), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6979

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6979

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amarok amarok — cpe:2.3:a:amarok:amarok:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6979

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