Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5557
CVE-2006-5557
Description
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
8- blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/nvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706nvdExploitPatch
- osvdb.org/33993nvd
- osvdb.org/33994nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20735nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5035nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2633nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2634nvd
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