CVE-2006-1836 (GCVE-0-2006-1836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-19 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:27
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/100 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17571 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1386 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431318/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015953 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/sec… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/19682 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-04-17 00:00
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