THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-5558
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-5558

Hp Ux vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
7.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Hp Ux
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-10-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-5558

  • Confirm whether Hp Hp Ux is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-5558.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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