CVE-2006-5557

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -S argument. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2006-2574, but the details relating to CVE-2006-2574 are too vague to be certain.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00, 11.4, 11.11

References

http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/
http://osvdb.org/33993
http://osvdb.org/33994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20735
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5035
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2633
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2634
http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/
http://osvdb.org/33993
http://osvdb.org/33994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706

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