CVE-2006-5557
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5542)
- Published
- October 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5542 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
References
- http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/33993
- http://osvdb.org/33994
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706(Exploit, Patch)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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