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CVE-2006-6165

HIGH

7.8

Description

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

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published11/29/2006

Last Modified4/9/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

freebsd:freebsdnetbsd:netbsd

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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