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CVE-2006-4842

Published: Oct 12, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

20061011 Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_IDEFENSE

20061013 Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.11.06: Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

nspr-api-file-create(29489)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1819

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUNALERT

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

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