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CVE-2006-6494

Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.

  • Published: Dec 13, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-6494
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.6
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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