CVE-2006-4842

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Netscape Portable Runtime Api: 4.6.1, 4.6.2
Sun Solaris: 10.0

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418
http://secunia.com/advisories/22348
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418
http://secunia.com/advisories/22348

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