CVE-2006-5010 is an untrusted search path vulnerability in the acctctl utility within IBM AIX 5.3.0, allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating the system's PATH variable to point to a malicious 'mkdir' program. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability presents a high severity risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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 records are not available for this CVE.