CVE-2008-4865
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 31, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 31, 2008
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [valgrind-announce] 20090103 Valgrind-3.4.0 is availablemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20081028 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flawmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20081027 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flawmailing-list
- SUSE-SR:2009:002vendor-advisory
- 33568third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081029 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flawmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20081029 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flawmailing-list
- GLSA-200902-03vendor-advisory
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