VulnerabilityModified
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 even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary…
LOW 3.6EPSS 7.62%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.62% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- netscape/portable runtime api · sun/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22348Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22348Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.