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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
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.