CVE-2006-2647 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in update_flash for IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unknown vectors involving lsmcode and possibly other commands.

Published: 2006-05-30

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2646	Untrusted search path vulnerability in update_flash for IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unknown vectors involving lsmcode and possibly other commands.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20325
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016166
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85517&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY85518&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY88524&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18114
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2007

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-30T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:51.714Z

Reserved: 2006-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2647

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-30T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2647

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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