CVE-2006-4842

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 12, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

Related CVEs from 2006

CVE-2006-48434.3Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Active Content Filter feature in IBM Lotus Domino before 6.5.6 and 7.x before 7.0.2 FP1 allo CVE-2006-48445.1PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in inc/claro_init_local.inc.php in Claroline 1.7.7 and earlier, as used in Dokeos and possibly other CVE-2006-48455.1PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/footer.html.inc.php in TeamCal Pro 2.8.001 and earlier allows remote attackers to execut CVE-2006-48465.1Unspecified vulnerability in Citrix Access Gateway with Advanced Access Control (AAC) 4.2 before 20060914, when AAC is configured to use LDA CVE-2006-48476.5Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 before Hotfix 1 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long CVE-2006-48487.5Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Brian Fraval Hitweb 3.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL CVE-2006-48497.5PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in header.php in MobilePublisherPHP 1.5 RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary CVE-2006-48505.1PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in system/_b/contentFiles/gBIndex.php in BolinOS 4.5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execut CVE-2006-48517.5PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in system/_b/contentFiles/gBHTMLEditor.php in BolinOS 4.5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to e CVE-2006-48527.5SQL injection vulnerability in browse.asp in QuadComm Q-Shop 3.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the OrderBy p CVE-2006-48537.5SQL injection vulnerability in kategorix.asp in Haberx 1.02 through 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id CVE-2006-48554.9The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Sec