CVE-2006-1509 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the /sbin/passwd utility within HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23 operating systems prior to the 20060326 patch. This flaw allows local users to disrupt system availability due to the utility's inability to gracefully recover from specific error conditions. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and user interaction for exploitation, leading only to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.23:*:ia64_64-bit:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.