| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2006-4842 (CCN-29489) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2006-10-11 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2006-10-11 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2018-10-17 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 3.6 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) 3.0 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)
5.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-20 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | File Manipulation | ||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2006-4842 Source: IDEFENSE Type: Vendor Advisory 20061011 Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability Source: CCN Type: SA22348 Solaris Netscape Portable Runtime Privilege Escalation Source: SECUNIA Type: Vendor Advisory 22348 Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1017050 Netscape Portable Runtime API Environment Variable Lets Local Users Create Arbitrary Files Source: SECTRACK Type: UNKNOWN 1017050 Source: CCN Type: Sun Alert ID: 102658 Security Vulnerability in the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API Affects Solaris Source: SUNALERT Type: UNKNOWN 102658 Source: CCN Type: Netscape Portable Runtime Web site Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 29610 Netscape Portable Runtime Arbitrary File Overwrite Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20061013 Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.11.06: Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 20471 Source: CCN Type: BID-20471 Sun Solaris Netscape Portable Runtime API Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Source: VUPEN Type: Vendor Advisory ADV-2006-4016 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN nspr-api-file-create(29489) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN nspr-api-file-create(29489) Source: CCN Type: iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 10.11.06 Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability Source: OVAL Type: UNKNOWN oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1819 Source: CCN Type: Packet Storm Security [09-18-2018] Solaris libnspr NSPR_LOG_FILE Privilege Escalation Source: EXPLOIT-DB Type: EXPLOIT Offensive Security Exploit Database [09-18-2018] Source: EXPLOIT-DB Type: UNKNOWN 45433 | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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