CVE-2006-5558

HP-UX 11i - 'swask' Format String Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

10.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Format string vulnerability in the swask command in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -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.

Vulnerabilidad de cadena de formato en comando swask en HP-UX B.11.11 y posiblemente otras versiones permiten a un usuario local ejecutar código de su elección a través de especificaciones del formato de cadena en el argumento -S. NOTA: este podría ser un duplicado de CVE-2006-2574, pero los detalles relacionados con CVE-2006-2574 sonmuy vagos para ser ciertos.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 10.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* 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
2023-06-16 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5804	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2635	2024-08-07
http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20726	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
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Hp-ux Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux"				11.23 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux" and version "11.23"		ia64_64-bit		Affected