# CVE-2007-4432: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating environment variables in SUSE Linux wrapper scripts.

- **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:** 20 Aug 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjq5-93qv-57v9

## What is CVE-2007-4432?

CVE-2007-4432 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 20 Aug 2007. 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 the wrapper scripts for the (1) rug, (2) zen-updater, (3) zen-installer, and (4) zen-remover programs on SUSE Linux 10.1 and Enterprise 10 allows local users to gain privileges via modified (a) LD_LIBRARY_PATH and (b) MONO_GAC_PREFIX environment variables.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4432?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Novell Suse Linux, Suse Suse Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-4432?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4432 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-4432 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Suse Suse Linux

- [CVE-2010-3912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3912/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3110](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3110/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2005-4790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4790/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2010-1507](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1507/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-0803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0803/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4432 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-4432 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 20 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Suse Suse Linux. 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-2007-4432/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4432/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4432
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4432
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4432

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4432/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.