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    CVE-2006-6494

    Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.

    Published:Dec 13, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 13, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00037
    CVSS Score:6.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Solaris
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Sunos

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23317
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121
    http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23317
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High