CVE-2006-4307

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the format command in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20060821 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors involving profiles that permit running format with elevated privileges, a different issue than CVE-2006-4306 and CVE-2006-4319.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 8.0, 9.0
Sunos: 5.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21581
http://secunia.com/advisories/22295
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016726
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102514-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19647
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3355
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1573
http://secunia.com/advisories/21581
http://secunia.com/advisories/22295
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016726
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102514-1

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