Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-6556

Description

cgi-bin/webutil.pl in The Puppet Master WebUtil 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the whois command.

Affected products

Puppetmaster/Webutil
cpe:2.3:a:puppet_master:webutil:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

osvdb.org/51181nvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28393nvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489961/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41400nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49820nvd

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