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CVE-2006-0674

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0674 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the arp command of IBM AIX versions 5.2 and 5.3. A local attacker can exploit this by providing an excessively long 'iftype' argument, leading to a denial of service (system crash). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2_lCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2_l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3_lCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3_l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18773
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24628
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/16584
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0531