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CVE-2006-6474

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directo

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO libraries and execute arbitrary code by installing malicious libraries in that directory.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00075
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Affected Products & Versions

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mcafee virusscan<= 4510e
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD14 Dec 2006 · 08:28 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/23278
http://secunia.com/advisories/23429
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017385
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21592
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5023
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