Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-6474

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO libraries and execute arbitrary code by installing malicious libraries in that directory.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

McAfee/Virusscan
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4510e
McAfee/VirusScan for Linuxllm-create
Range: <= 4510e

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

secunia.com/advisories/23278nvd
secunia.com/advisories/23429nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xmlnvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21592nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5023nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30898nvd

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.000
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000