CVE-2006-5010 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program.

Published: 2006-09-27

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4996	Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program.

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 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
http://secunia.com/advisories/22213
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016965
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29163

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-27T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:32:22.783Z

Reserved: 2006-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5010

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-27T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5010

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2006-08-24T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-19T15:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "1016965", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK"], "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016965"}, {"name": "22213", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22213"}, {"name": "aix-acctctl-command-execution(29163)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29163"}, {"name": "ADV-2006-3871", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_VUPEN"], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3871"}, {"name": "ADV-2006-3770", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_VUPEN"], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README"}, {"name": "IY88681", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_AIXAPAR"], "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2006-5010", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "1016965", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016965"}, {"name": "22213", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22213"}, {"name": "aix-acctctl-command-execution(29163)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29163"}, {"name": "ADV-2006-3871", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3871"}, {"name": "ADV-2006-3770", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770"}, {"name": "ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README"}, {"name": "IY88681", "refsource": "AIXAPAR", "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T19:32:22.783Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "1016965", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016965"}, {"name": "22213", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22213"}, {"name": "aix-acctctl-command-execution(29163)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29163"}, {"name": "ADV-2006-3871", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_VUPEN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3871"}, {"name": "ADV-2006-3770", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_VUPEN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README"}, {"name": "IY88681", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_AIXAPAR", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2006-5010", "datePublished": "2006-09-27T01:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2006-09-26T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T19:32:22.783Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A6DE57C2-E728-4016-9774-28FB4B0509AB", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de ruta de b\u00fasqueda en un fichero no confiable en acctctl en IBM AIX 5.3.0 permite a un usuario local ejecutar comandos de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la modificaci\u00f3n de la ruta para se\u00f1alar a un programa mkdir malicioso."}], "id": "CVE-2006-5010", "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.2, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2006-09-27T01:07:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22213"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016965"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3871"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29163"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22213"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016965"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3871"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29163"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}