CVE-2006-5009

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: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in xlock in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a buffer overflow.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2.0, 5.3.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22098
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016923
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY87894
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY87943
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20201
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29161
http://secunia.com/advisories/22098
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016923
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY87894

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