CVE-2006-1296 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious beagle-info program in the current working directory or PATH.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1296?
CVE-2006-1296 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Beagle 0.2.2.1 might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious beagle-info program in the current working directory, or possibly directories specified in the PATH.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1296?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Beagle-Project Beagle.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1296?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2006-1296 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1296 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1296, GHSA-g3jf-p9mm-243f.