CVE-2006-4506 (GCVE-0-2006-4506)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-31 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:01
VLAI
Summary
idmlib.sh in nxdrv in Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the " (quote) and \ (backslash) characters and eval injection.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016741 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19688 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchti… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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