Description
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: 2006-12-13
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6477 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:26:46.518Z

Reserved: 2006-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6494

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-13T01:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6494

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