Vulnerability CVE-2008-4865
Published: 2008-10-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Valgrind -> Valgrind 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
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