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CVE-2006-1246

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1246 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the mklvcopy utility within IBM AIX 5.3's BOS.RTE.LVM component. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands, likely due to an untrusted search path when mklvcopy invokes external commands. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-March/000641.html
secunia.com / advisories/19235
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25299
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25849
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
nsfocus.com / english/homepage/research/0602.htm
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 23921
securityfocus.com / bid/17115
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0957
Vendor Advisory