CVE-2006-5327 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5327?

CVE-2006-5327 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Xcode, published on 17 Oct 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 OpenBase SQL 10.0 and earlier, as used in Apple Xcode 2.2 2.2 and earlier and possibly other products, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified PATH that references a malicious gzip program, which is executed by gnutar with certain TAR_OPTIONS environment variable settings, when gnutar is invoked by OpenBase.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5327?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Xcode, Openbase International Ltd Openbase.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5327?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5327 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-5327 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5327 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Apple Xcode vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w3q8-f3hm-869w.