CVE-2007-4432

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Published Aug 20, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the wrapper scripts for the (1) rug, (2) zen-updater, (3) zen-installer, and (4) zen-remover programs on SUSE Linux 10.1 and Enterprise 10 allows local users to gain privileges via modified (a) LD_LIBRARY_PATH and (b) MONO_GAC_PREFIX environment variables.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:10::enterprise_desktop:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4415	Untrusted search path vulnerability in the wrapper scripts for the (1) rug, (2) zen-updater, (3) zen-installer, and (4) zen-remover programs on SUSE Linux 10.1 and Enterprise 10 allows local users to gain privileges via modified (a) LD_LIBRARY_PATH and (b) MONO_GAC_PREFIX environment variables.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.372% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/46781
http://osvdb.org/46782
http://osvdb.org/46783
http://osvdb.org/46784
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Suse Linux

Suse Suse Linux

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 20, 2007, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM
Reserved: Aug 20, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 20, 2007, 7:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

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