CVE-2008-4865

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.

Date published : 2008-10-31

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4