MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in dtmail on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F through 5.1B and HP-UX B.11.00 through B.11.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -a (aka attachment) argument
Published Oct 23, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.62%
Description
Buffer overflow in dtmail on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F through 5.1B and HP-UX B.11.00 through B.11.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -a (aka attachment) argument.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 11.00
- 11.4
- 11.11
- 11.22
- 11.23
- 4.0f
- 4.0f
- 4.0g
- 4.0g
- 5.0a
- 5.1
- 5.1a
- 5.1a
- 5.1af
- 5.1b
- 5.1b2
- 5.1b3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.62% 0.00622
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00622
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.62% (0.00622) | 47.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.59% (0.00589) | 43.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 40.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 80.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00793091 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22451 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22528 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017083 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017098 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017099 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-DTMAIL-20060810.txt x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449321/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20580 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4139 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4140 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29644 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5175 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 23, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 23, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5452
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a