CVE-2008-4865

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Valgrind

First reported 16 years ago

2008-11-01 00:00:00

Last updated 15 years ago

2009-03-30 04:00:00

Affected Software

Valgrind 1.9.6

1.9.6

Valgrind 2.0.0

2.0.0

Valgrind 2.1.0

2.1.0

Valgrind 2.1.1

2.1.1

Valgrind 2.2.0

2.2.0

Valgrind 3.0.0

3.0.0

Valgrind 3.0.1

3.0.1

Valgrind 3.1.0

3.1.0

Valgrind 3.1.1

3.1.1

Valgrind 3.2.0

3.2.0

Valgrind 3.2.1

3.2.1

Valgrind 3.2.2

3.2.2

Valgrind 3.2.3

3.2.3

Valgrind 3.3.0

3.3.0

Valgrind 3.3.1

3.3.1

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