CVE-2006-6494 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via path traversal in the LANG environment variable of the dynamic linker.
- 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-2006-6494?
CVE-2006-6494 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 13 Dec 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6494?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2006-6494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7hrq-6276-2m6h.