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CVE-2006-5557
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -S argument. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2006-2574, but the details relating to CVE-2006-2574 are too vague to be certain.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 33993 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20706 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 2633 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 2634 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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