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CVE-2006-6494

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-12-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-6494
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.6
EPSS
0.43%

Original NVD 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.