CVE-2006-1836

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-19 16:06:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:36:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.2 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.3 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.5 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.2 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.3 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.5 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.9.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.2 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.3 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.9.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.2 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.3 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 3.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 3.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton System Works 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton System Works 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Utilities 8.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Utilities 8.0 All macintosh All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CXSecurity - IDS SREASON securityreason.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Machintosh Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Missing Path Specification Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation CONFIRM securityresponse.symantec.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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