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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2378
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CVE-2008-2378

Description:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in hfkernel in hf 0.7.3 and 0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse killall program in a directory in the PATH, related to improper handling of the -k option.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46806

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32831
  Secunia Advisory: SA32855

OSVDB
  50231

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668

CONFIRM
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504182

BID
  32421


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