CVE-2006-3693 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via unfiltered backticks in mount-loop or umount-loop arguments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3693?
CVE-2006-3693 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Rocks Clusters 4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via commands enclosed with escaped backticks (\`) in an argument to the (1) mount-loop (mount-loop.c) or (2) umount-loop (umount-loop.c) command, which is not filtered in a system function call.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3693?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rocks Clusters Rocks Clusters.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3693?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2006-3693 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3693 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5m7-7rqh-cpgj.