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…

published November 29, 2006

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 LD_PRELOAD to loading processes, which might be leveraged to gain privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00329 · 24.7th percentile
Published
2006-11-29T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 NOV 01:00Z
    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…
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