CVE-2006-5558 (GCVE-0-2006-5558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-27 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:55
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2263 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/ x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20726 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2635 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2006-10-24 00:00
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