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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-6474
Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23429
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23278
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017385
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21592
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 14th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.