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CVE-2006-6164

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-11-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-6164
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.33%

Original NVD Description

The _dl_unsetenv function in loader.c in the ELF ld.so in OpenBSD 3.9 and 4.0 does not properly remove duplicate environment variables, which allows local users to pass dangerous variables such as LD_PRELOAD to loading processes, which might be leveraged to gain privileges.