CVE-2006-6165

Published Nov 29, 2006 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jan 17, 2025, 2:08 PM
Reserved
Nov 28, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 29, 2006, 1:28 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM