CVE-2006-6474
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO libraries and execute arbitrary code by installing malicious libraries in that directory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6457)
- Published
- December 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6457 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / virusscan
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23429
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017385
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21592
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5023
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30898
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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