Vulnerability CVE-2006-6418
Published: 2006-12-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer 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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
HP -> Tru64 

 References:
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017211
http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4483
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
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