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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2006-0225 json

scp in OpenSSH 4.2p1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that contain shell metacharacters or spaces, which are ex…

published 2006-01-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0233

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

scp in OpenSSH 4.2p1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that contain shell metacharacters or spaces, which are expanded twice.

Patch / fix

  • openssh Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:4.3p2-1
  • dropbear Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.48-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0225

  • openssh RHEL 2.1 3.1p1-21
  • openssh-server RHEL 2.1 3.1p1-21
  • openssh-askpass RHEL 2.1 3.1p1-21
  • openssh-clients RHEL 2.1 3.1p1-21
  • openssh-askpass-gnome RHEL 2.1 3.1p1-21
  • openssh RHEL 3 3.6.1p2-33.30.9
  • openssh-server RHEL 3 3.6.1p2-33.30.9
  • openssh-askpass RHEL 3 3.6.1p2-33.30.9

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0698RHSA-2006:0298RHSA-2006:0044

  • openssh openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.4p1-7.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11124-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-0225 updated

local to local copy uses shell expansion twice

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 openssh 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-server 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-clients 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.6.1p2-33.30.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0298
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 openssh 3.1p1-21, openssh-server 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass 3.1p1-21, openssh-clients 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.1p1-21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0698
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 openssh 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-server 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-clients 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.6.1p2-33.30.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0298
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 openssh 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-server 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-clients 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 openssh 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-server 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-clients 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0044
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 openssh 3.1p1-21, openssh-server 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass 3.1p1-21, openssh-clients 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.1p1-21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0698
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 openssh 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-server 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-clients 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.6.1p2-33.30.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0298
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 openssh 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-server 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-clients 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0044
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 openssh 3.1p1-21, openssh-server 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass 3.1p1-21, openssh-clients 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.1p1-21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0698
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 openssh 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-server 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-clients 3.6.1p2-33.30.9, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.6.1p2-33.30.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0298
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 openssh 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-server 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-clients 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0044
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 openssh 3.1p1-21, openssh-server 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass 3.1p1-21, openssh-clients 3.1p1-21, openssh-askpass-gnome 3.1p1-21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0698

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Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.