CVE-2006-0576

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH that references malicious (1) which or (2) dirname programs. NOTE: while opcontrol normally is not run setuid, a common configuration suggests accessing opcontrol using sudo. In such a context, this is a vulnerability.

Affected products

Maynard Johnson Oprofile: through 0.9.1; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.1 (+11)

References

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/012oct05/features/oprofile/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424325/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16536
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10890
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/012oct05/features/oprofile/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424325/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16536
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10890

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