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elinks, links2 — security advisory
Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.
- Products
- elinks, links2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.11.1-1.2, 2.1pre25-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-5925
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5925
elinks
Fixed versions: 0.11.1-1.2
elinks
Fixed versions: 0.11.1-1.2
elinks
Fixed versions: 0.11.1-1.2
links2
Fixed versions: 2.1pre25-2
links2
Fixed versions: 2.1pre25-2
links2
Fixed versions: 2.1pre25-2
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:25.087034983Z",
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