| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.6 | $0-$5k | 0.42 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Amarok (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 12/07/2006. The weakness was presented 02/08/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6979 since 02/08/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 63 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24828 (GLSA-200703-11 : Amarok: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context local.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 22568), X-Force (32512), Secunia (SA23984), Vulnerability Center (SBV-14671) and Tenable (24828). See 34914 for similar entry.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 24828
Nessus Name: GLSA-200703-11 : Amarok: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code
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OpenVAS ID: 58128
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-11 (amarok)
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Upgrade: vupen.com
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07/13/2021 🔍Advisory: vupen.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-6979 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 22568 – Amarok Magnature Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 23984 – SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Moderately Critical
X-Force: 32512
Vulnerability Center: 14671 – Amarok MagnaTune Command Execution Vulnerability, High
OSVDB: 33197 – CVE-2006-6979 – Amarok Magnature – Shell Command Injection Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-0613
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/13/2021 11:10
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