CVE-2006-4842
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files...
- Published
- Oct 12, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Oct 13, 2006
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
Sources
7- exploitsExploit
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Marco Ivaldi · solaris · Oct 13, 2006
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