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CVE-2006-0576

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 refere…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Maynard JohnsonOprofile
through 0.9.1
Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5

References