Vulnerability CVE-2006-4842
Published: 2006-10-11   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
SUN -> Solaris 
Netscape -> Portable runtime api 

 References:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418
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/
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