CVE-2006-6474 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux versions 4510e and earlier. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing malicious ELF DSO libraries in the current working directory, which is included in the DT_RPATH environment variable. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4510eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.