Name: CVE-2006-4842: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2006-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2006-4842, CWE-20, Metasploit Module, CVSS 4.4, EPSS 0.07684

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.

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CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4

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