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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 files.

  • Published: Oct 12, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-4842
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
netscape / portable_runtime_api 4.6.2 4.6.2.x
netscape / portable_runtime_api 4.6.1 4.6.1.x
sun / solaris 10.0 10.0.x