Home/CVE/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 p
CVE

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 p

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00066
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
▤

Affected Products & Versions

1
ibm aixall versions
▣

Scoring & Timeline

7.2
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
View on NVD
This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD27 Sep 2006 · 01:07 AM
🔗

References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/READMEPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22112Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016917
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89434
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89512
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20190PatchVendor Advisory
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin