Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-6418

Title: Hp Tru64 Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-6418.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Dec 10, 2006
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.53%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-6418: 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.

Impacted Vendors

H
hp 1
C
compaq 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/22743 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 http://secunia.com/advisories/22743 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-6418 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.