CVE-2006-0646

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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: 2006-02-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ld in SUSE Linux 9.1 through 10.0, and SLES 9, in certain circumstances when linking binaries, can leave an empty RPATH or RUNPATH, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as other users via by running an ld-linked application from the current directory, which could contain an attacker-controlled library file.

Affected products

Suse Linux: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0

References

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18811
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16581
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18811
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16581

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