Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-4842

Title: Netscape Portable Runtime Api Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-4842

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Oct 12, 2006
Modified Date Apr 23, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 3.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
11.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-4842: 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.

Impacted Vendors

N
netscape 1

Reference Links

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418 http://secunia.com/advisories/22348 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/ http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418 http://secunia.com/advisories/22348 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-4842 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2641
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2543
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2569
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28788
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28789
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.