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EUVD-2008-4844 · Published Nov 1, 2008
Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.
Technologies
Valgrind Valgrind
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-Other
CVSS scores
- v2.07.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
MITRE ATT&CK
InferredWhere this vulnerability fits in an attack
Privilege Escalation
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5
Potentially impacted assets
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