CVE-2006-4416

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: 2006-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the mkvg command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious (1) chdev, (2) mkboot, (3) varyonvg, or (4) varyoffvg program.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21620
http://secunia.com/advisories/22106
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016920
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88699
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88722
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88737
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19708
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20197
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3389
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29165

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