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CVE-2006-5010
Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to…
High7.2EPSS 0.42%
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Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1016965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- aix-acctctl-command-execution(29163) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3871 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IY88681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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