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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-5558

CVE-2006-5558

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Microfocus/Hpux4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 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:11.23:*:ia64_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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