Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-6165

Assigned:2006-11-28
Published:2006-11-28
Updated:2018-10-17
Summary:** DISPUTED ** 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.
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)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:ALLOWS_ADMIN_ACCESS
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-6165

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20061122 Lack of environment sanitization in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD dynamic loaders.

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20061123 Re: Lack of environment sanitization in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD dynamic loaders.

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    freebsd freebsd 6.2 stable
    netbsd netbsd 2.0.4