01 Record
CVE-2006-5006
Buffer overflow in cfgmgr in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory path argument.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in cfgmgr in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory path argument.
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
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.6% 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
- 2006-09-27 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-09-26
- 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
- e8b48704b6638dab05319034181417d15c56d0f901b2a06de12f475ef5a38179
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com22112http://secunia.com/advisories/22112
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3770http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
- www.securityfocus.com20190http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20190
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-cfgmgr-file-overwrite(29152)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29152
- securitytracker.com1016917http://securitytracker.com/id?1016917
- aix.software.ibm.comftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
- www-1.ibm.comIY89512http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89512
- www-1.ibm.comIY89434http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89434
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-cfgmgr-privilege-escalation(29153)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29153