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CVE-2006-5006

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in cfgmgr in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory path argument.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2.0, 5.3.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22112
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016917
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89434
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89512
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20190
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29152
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29153
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22112
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016917

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