CVE-2006-0576 (GCVE-0-2006-0576)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-02-08 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 16:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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