CVE-2006-2183 (GCVE-0-2006-2183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-05-04 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:43
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Truecrypt 4.1, when running suid root on Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable that references a malicious mount command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.osvdb.org/25131 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1591 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/19903 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2006-04-30 00:00
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