ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, stating that it is the responsibility of the application to properly sanitize the environment
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-17T14:08:58.926Z

Reserved: 2006-11-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6165

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:34.506Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-29T01:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6165

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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