CVE-2006-5852

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in openexec in OpenBase SQL before 10.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that references a malicious helper binary, as demonstrated by (1) cp, (2) rm, and (3) killall, different vectors than CVE-2006-5327.

Affected products

Openbase International Ltd Openbase: 7.0.15, 8.0.4, 9.1.5, 10.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116296717330758&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22742
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-1107a%5D.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4404
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2738
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116296717330758&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22742
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-1107a%5D.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4404
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2738

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