CVE-2006-1248
Unspecified vulnerability in usermod in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23, when run with certain options that involve a new home directory, might cause usermod to change the ownership of all directories and files under the new directory, which might…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in usermod in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23, when run with certain options that involve a new home directory, might cause usermod to change the ownership of all directories and files under the new directory, which might result in less secure permissions than intended.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 41th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hp/hp-ux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00614838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19305
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015782
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015834
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17143
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25311
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1098
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A772
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A785
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00614838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19305
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015782
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015834
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17143
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25311
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1098
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A772
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A785
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.