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CVE-2008-4865

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-11-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.

Affected Platforms

Valgrind Valgrind

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References