CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0681

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A format string vulnerability in powerd.c of Power Daemon (powerd) version 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the WHATIDO variable.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the system, leading to full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update Power Daemon to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability, or apply temporary mitigations such as network traffic filtering.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Format string vulnerability in powerd.c in Power Daemon (powerd) 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the WHATIDO variable.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS