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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-5852

Untrusted search path vulnerability in openexec in OpenBase SQL before 10.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that references a malicious helper binary, as demonstrated by (1) cp, (2) rm, and (3) killall, different vectors than…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.78%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in openexec in OpenBase SQL before 10.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that references a malicious helper binary, as demonstrated by (1) cp, (2) rm, and (3) killall, different vectors than CVE-2006-5327.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.78% probability · 56th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 November 2006
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
openbase international ltd/openbase
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.78%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-2738source ↗Xcode OpenBase 10.0.0 (OSX) - Unsafe System Call Privilege Escalationosx · Kevin Finisterrelocal8 November 2006yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.