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CVE-2006-5558

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 7.57% 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.

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CVE
CVE-2006-5558
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
7.57%

Original NVD 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.