CVE-2006-5327 - Creaturely Seesaws

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in OpenBase SQL 10.0 and earlier as used in Apple Xcode 2.2 2.2 and earlier and possibly other products allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified PATH that references a malicious gzip program which is executed by gnutar with certain TAR_OPTIONS environment variable settings when gnutar is invoked by OpenBase.

Reference

http://www.digitalmunition.com/Xcode_OpenBase_pwn.pl http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20562 http://secunia.com/advisories/22390 http://secunia.com/advisories/22474 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4058 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4059 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29624 http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2006-1016a].txt