{"cve":"CVE-2011-2899","nvd":{"published":"2011-08-31T23:55:03.457","modified":"2026-06-16T23:32:12.740","status":"Modified","description":"pysmb.py in system-config-printer 0.6.x and 0.7.x, as used in foomatic-gui and possibly other products, allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) NetBIOS or (2) workgroup name, which are not properly handled when searching for network printers.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&r1=1.2&r2=1.3&view=patch","http://secunia.com/advisories/45744","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1196.html","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025967","https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119"],"products":["redhat:system-config-printer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-2899","score":0.01967,"percentile":0.8037,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}