CVE-2006-1246

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in mklvcopy in BOS.RTE.LVM in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands when mklvcopy calls external commands, possibly due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.3

References

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-March/000641.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19235
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015786
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY82739
http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0602.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/23921
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17115
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25299
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25849
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-March/000641.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19235

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