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CVE-2006-4522

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4522 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the dtterm component of IBM AIX versions 5.2 and 5.3. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high severity risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 43rd 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

secunia.com / advisories/21673
Vendor Advisory
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
osvdb.org / 28275
securityfocus.com / bid/19786
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3422