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CVE-2006-6474
Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.41%
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Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO libraries and execute arbitrary code by installing malicious libraries in that directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (7)
- 23429 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mcafee-dtrpath-code-execution(30898) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23278 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5023 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200612-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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