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>> McAfee VirusScan for Linux "DT_RPATH" Variable Handling Code Execution Vulnerability
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Title : McAfee VirusScan for Linux "DT_RPATH" Variable Handling Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-5023
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6474
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-12-15
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A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee VirusScan for Linux, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is due to an error where the current working directory is included in the "DT_RPATH" environment variable rather than "ORIGIN", which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application by tricking the dynamic loader into loading an untrusted ELF DSO.
Affected Products
McAfee VirusScan for Linux version 4510e and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5023
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156989
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Jakub Moc (Gentoo Linux)
ChangeLog
2006-12-15 : Initial release
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