Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2006-6165

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

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 6.2
  • Netbsd — versions 2.0.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-6165?
CVE-2006-6165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2006-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2006-6165?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2006-6165 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.