{"cve":"CVE-2006-4842","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-12T00:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:29:53.427","status":"Modified","description":"The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418","http://secunia.com/advisories/22348","http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050","http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded"],"products":["netscape:portable_runtime_api","sun:solaris"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-4842","score":0.07684,"percentile":0.94594,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}