CVE-2006-0620 Race condition in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via a race condition in phfont involving environment variable manipulation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-0620?

CVE-2006-0620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in phfont in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations of the PHFONT and PHOTON2_PATH environment variables.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0620?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Qnx Rtos.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-0620 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0620 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-667p-j4pv-6hmf.

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