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CVE-2006-5557

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 1.42% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2006-5557
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
1.42%

Original NVD 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.