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CVE-2006-6165

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.34%

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 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-6165
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.34%

Original NVD Description

ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, stating that it is the responsibility of the application to properly sanitize the environment