CVE-2006-6418
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6401)
- Published
- December 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6401 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Hewlett-Packard Tru64 UNIX V5.1A - Hewlett-Packard Company - Common Criteria CRP199 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22743(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017211
- http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4483(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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