CVE-2006-4842 (GCVE-0-2006-4842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-10-12 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:23
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/22348 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
cve@mitre.org http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/22348 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
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