VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-6418
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- hp/tru64
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22743Vendor 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/2006/4483Vendor Advisory
- http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22743Vendor 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/2006/4483Vendor Advisory
- http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.