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CVE-2006-4254

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in setlocale in IBM AIX 5.1.0 through 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21541
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016712
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY88183&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY88512&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY88528&apar=only
• http://www.osvdb.org/27996
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19578
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3327
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28482
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21541

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