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2 vulnerabilities found for portable_runtime_api by netscape
CVE-2006-4842 (GCVE-0-2006-4842)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2006-10-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:23
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
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| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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Date Public
2006-10-11 00:00
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CVE-2006-4842 (GCVE-0-2006-4842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:23
VLAI
Summary
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Severity
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CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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