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CVE-2006-6474

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2006-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• McAfee Virusscan: through 4510e

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
• 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

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