Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting xampp package, versions [,1.5.2]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XAMPP-2381728
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Sept 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Sep 2006

CVE-2006-4994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xampp.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Multiple unquoted Windows search path vulnerabilities in Apache Friends XAMPP 1.5.2 might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious program file in %SYSTEMDRIVE%, which is run when XAMPP attempts to execute (1) FileZillaServer.exe, (2) mysqld-nt.exe, (3) Perl.exe, or (4) xamppcontrol.exe with an unquoted "Program Files" pathname.

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