CVE-2006-5852 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute malicious helper binaries via the openexec utility.
- 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-2006-5852?
CVE-2006-5852 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Nov 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 openexec in OpenBase SQL before 10.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that references a malicious helper binary, as demonstrated by (1) cp, (2) rm, and (3) killall, different vectors than CVE-2006-5327.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openbase International Ltd Openbase.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5852 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-2006-5852 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5852 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3w4m-x79g-ghg6.