High severity · published Nov 29, 2006
CVE-2006-6165
ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, stating that it is the responsibility of the application to properly sanitize the environment
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
6.2 · source: NVD
NE
Netbsd · Netbsd
2.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6165
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6165
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threaded
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