01 Record
CVE-2006-6164
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.9% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-29 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-11-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2583b25453f001aeb631b8be22aa02cd3e7b75000202c35b784d00d894446186
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openbsd.org[3.9] 016: SECURITY FIX: November 19, 2006http://www.openbsd.org/errata39.html#ldso
- www.matasano.comhttp://www.matasano.com/log/592/finger-79tcp-mcdonald-dowd-and-schuh-challenge-part-2/
- www.securityfocus.com20061123 Re: Lack of environment sanitization in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD dynamic loaders.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com22993http://secunia.com/advisories/22993
- www.securityfocus.com21188http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21188
- www.openbsd.org[4.0] 005: SECURITY FIX: November 19, 2006http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ldso
- www.securityfocus.com20061122 Lack of environment sanitization in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD dynamic loaders.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threaded
- securitytracker.com1017253http://securitytracker.com/id?1017253
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenbsd-elf-privilege-escalation(30441)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30441