CVE-2006-5009
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in xlock in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a buffer overflow.
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% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4995)
- Published
- September 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4995 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22098(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016923
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY87894
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY87943
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20201
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29161
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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