CVE-2005-3270 (GCVE-0-2005-3270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:01
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in DiskMountNotify for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to reference a malicious (1) ps or (2) grep file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17268 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015084 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15142 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15143 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2005-10-20 00:00
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