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CVE-2006-0576
Published: Feb 8, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH that references malicious (1) which or (2) dirname programs. NOTE: while opcontrol normally is not run setuid, a common configuration suggests accessing opcontrol using sudo. In such a context, this is a vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20060207 Arbitrary code execution via OProfile
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http://www.redhat.com/magazine/012oct05/features/oprofile/
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