CVE-2006-5557
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—💥 Exploit
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.41%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 72
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · HP-UX 11i - 'swpackage' Local Stack Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation (24/10/2006)
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · HP-UX 11i - 'swmodify' Local Stack Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation (24/10/2006)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/
- http://osvdb.org/33993
- http://osvdb.org/33994
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20735
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5035
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2633
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2634
- http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/
- http://osvdb.org/33993
- http://osvdb.org/33994
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20735
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5035
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2633
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2634
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