CVE-2006-0576
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-0576 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-02-08 00:06:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| Description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH that references malicious (1) which or (2) dirname programs. NOTE: while opcontrol normally is not run setuid, a common configuration suggests accessing opcontrol using sudo. In such a context, this is a vulnerability. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 0.000730000 probability, percentile 0.220750000 (date 2026-04-16)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | 0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Maynard Johnson | Oprofile | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| OProfile OPControl Path Specification Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| redhat.com | Using OProfile to analyze an RPM package build | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2006-09-20 | Joshua Bressers | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207347 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ This issue was fixed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in the following errata: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2006-0355.html This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.