CVE-2006-6494

Solaris 8-10 - Local Directory Traversal and Arbitrary Code Execution via LANG Environment Variable

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849

Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449

Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/23317

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979

Scores

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.2%

Details

Status published

Products (3)

sun/solaris 9.0

sun/solaris 10.0

sun/sunos 5.8

Published Dec 13, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026