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CVE-2006-5003

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5003 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the named8 command in IBM AIX versions 5.2.0 and 5.3.0, allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring local access but having low attack complexity, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 47th 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

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/README
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/22102
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29160
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
osvdb.org / 29187
securityfocus.com / bid/20198
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3770