CVE-2008-4865
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
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
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.43%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 35
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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