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CVE-2006-5008

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5008 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the utape utility within IBM AIX versions 5.2.0 and 5.3.0. This critical flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands and overwrite files with complete system compromise, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0336 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/22119
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29151
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29154
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/20187
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3770