CVE-2006-5852

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5852 is rated Exploit Available (55.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5852

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2738 exploit_db edb 2006-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5852

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-14 0.18% 0.44% +0.26%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.18% +0.13%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5852

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5852

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5852

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5852: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5852

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5852

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbase_international_ltd openbase 7.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:7.0.15:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
openbase_international_ltd openbase 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:8.0.4:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
openbase_international_ltd openbase 9.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:9.1.5:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
openbase_international_ltd openbase 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:10.0:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5852

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