CVE-2006-4842

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.6
Exploit probability—
ProductNetscape Portable Runtime Api
PublishedOct 12, 2006
First seenOct 12, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
netscape portable_runtime_api4.6.1, 4.6.2—
sun solaris10.0—

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