# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 10 Nov 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3w4m-x79g-ghg6

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- Xcode OpenBase 10.0.0 (OSX) - Unsafe System Call Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-5926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5926/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2007-5929](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5929/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2007-5927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5927/): Path traversal in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2007-5928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5928/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2006-5851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5851/): Path traversal in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5852 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5852

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