CVE-2006-6494 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sun Subscribe	Solaris Subscribe Sunos Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6477	Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449
http://secunia.com/advisories/23317
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-13T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:26:46.518Z

Reserved: 2006-12-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6494

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-13T01:28:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-6494

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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