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CVE-2006-6418
Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain…
High7.2EPSS 0.53%
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Description
Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.
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)
- 0.53% · top 55% 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: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- SSRT061222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4483 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22743 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- hptru64-libpthread-bo(30178) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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