CVE-2006-5558
highpriority · attend · 53EPSS 0.077 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Format string vulnerability in the swask command in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-2635HP-UX 11i - 'swask' Format String Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (5)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (8)
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- http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20726enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5804enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2635enisa_euvd
- http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/Exploitnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20726ExploitPatchnvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5804nvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2635nvd
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