CVE-2006-4842

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

7.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2006-10-12 00:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 19:23Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-09-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-270Privilege Context Switching ErrorBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

836201c66216150bad2af3c07c71994a71f8523cb2b933ff18666da9bf429bf9

• www.securityfocus.com20471http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.vupen.comADV-2006-4016http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• labs.idefense.com20061011 Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• www.securityfocus.com20061013 Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.11.06: Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.exploit-db.com45433https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnspr-api-file-create(29489)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• secunia.com22348http://secunia.com/advisories/22348third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1819https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• sunsolve.sun.com102658http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
• securitytracker.com1017050http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK