CVE-2006-4254 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the setlocale function of IBM AIX versions 5.1.0 through 5.3.0, which could allow local users to escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit for local privilege escalation is available on ExploitDB. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.