CVE-2006-5557

HP-UX 11i - 'swmodify' Local Stack Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en los comandos swpackage y (2) swmodify en HP-UX B.11.11 y posiblemente otras versiones permiten a usuarios locales ejecutar código de su elección a través de un argumento -S. NOTA: esto podría ser un duplicado de CVE-2006-2574, pero los detalles relacionados con CVE-2006-2574 son muy vagos para ser ciertos.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-10-27 CVE Reserved
2006-10-27 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/33993	Vdb Entry
http://osvdb.org/33994	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20735	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5035	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2634	2024-08-07
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2633	2024-08-07
http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Hp-ux Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux"				11.00 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux" and version "11.00"		-		Affected
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Hp-ux Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux"				11.4 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux" and version "11.4"		-		Affected
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Hp-ux Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux"				11.11 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux" and version "11.11"		-		Affected