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CVE-2007-6167

Untrusted search path vulnerability in yast2-core in SUSE Linux might allow local users to execute arbitrary code by creating a malicious yast2 module in the current working directory.

Published

2007-11-29T01:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	suse	suse_linux	*	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/44158 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27756 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26634 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/44158 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27756 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26634 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)