CVE-2006-6418

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6418
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-10 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Hp Tru64 4.0f pk8 All All
Operating System Hp Tru64 4.0g pk4 All All
Operating System Hp Tru64 5.1a pk6 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IT Resource Center - login / register af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www2.itrc.hp.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Netragard - Penetration Testing, Red Teaming & App Testing Company af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.netragard.com
HP Tru64 libpthread "PTHREAD_CONFIG" Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
HP Tru64 POSIX Threads Library Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
HP Tru64 UNIX libpthread Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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