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CVE-2006-4842

LOW CVSS: 3.6 Published: 2006-10-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Netscape Portable Runtime ApiSun Solaris

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References