CVE-2006-1221
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the TrueVector service (VSMON.exe) in Zone Labs ZoneAlarm 6.x and Integrity does not search…
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Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the TrueVector service (VSMON.exe) in Zone Labs ZoneAlarm 6.x and Integrity does not search ZoneAlarm's own folders before other folders that are specified in a user's PATH, which might allow local users to execute code as SYSTEM by placing malicious DLLs into a folder that has insecure permissions, but is searched before ZoneAlarm's folder. NOTE: since this issue is dependent on the existence of a vulnerability in a separate product (weak permissions of executables or libraries, or the execution of malicious code), perhaps it should not be included in CVE.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- zonealarm-path-gain-privileges(25097) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20060308-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060309 Re: 18 ways to escalate privileges in Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Security Suite build 6.1.744.000 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060309 Statement Regarding Reported Local Escalation of Privileges Vulnerability for ZoneAlarm (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060308 18 ways to escalate privileges in Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Security Suite build 6.1.744.000 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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