Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2006-6494
Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.3% 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
- Sun Solaris — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.8
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2121 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23317 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849 (vdb-entry)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979 (vdb-entry)