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.
References
- 20060207 Arbitrary code execution via OProfile mailing-list
- http://www.redhat.com/magazine/012oct05/features/oprofile/
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10890 vdb-entry signature
- 16536 vdb-entry