CVE-2006-4416
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the mkvg command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious (1) chdev, (2) mkboot, (3) varyonvg, or (4) varyoffvg program.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4404)
- Published
- August 28, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4404 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21620
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22106
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016920
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88699
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88722
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88737
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19708
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20197
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3389
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29165
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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