CVE-2006-4842

medium

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050

http://secunia.com/advisories/22348

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-10-12

Updated: 2018-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium