CVE-2006-2647

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: 2006-05-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in update_flash for IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unknown vectors involving lsmcode and possibly other commands.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20325
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016166
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85517&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85518&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY88524&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18114
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2007
http://secunia.com/advisories/20325
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016166
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85517&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85518&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY88524&apar=only

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