MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .
Published Dec 13, 2006
6.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.43% 0.00435
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00435
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 35.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00429) | 34.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00037) | 7.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 52.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 24.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 75.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 54.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23317 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 13, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 12, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6494
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a