CVE-2006-0177

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in Cray UNICOS 9.0.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by (1) invoking /usr/bin/script with a long command line argument or (2) setting the -c option of /etc/nu to the name of a file containing a long line.

Published: 2006-01-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0177 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0177

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27065 exploit_db edb 2006-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
27066 exploit_db edb 2006-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0177

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.34% 1.01% +0.67%
2 2026-03-09 0.16% 0.34% +0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0177

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0177

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0177

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cray unicos 9.0.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:9.0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0177

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