CVE - CVE-2008-4865

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4865	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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GENTOO:GLSA-200902-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml MLIST:[oss-security] 20081027 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20081028 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20081029 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20081029 Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9 MLIST:[valgrind-announce] 20090103 Valgrind-3.4.0 is available URL:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce SECUNIA:33568 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2009:002 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081031	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081031)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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