CVE-2006-5452

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: 2006-10-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5452 is rated Low Risk (35.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5452

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 2026-05-07 0.36% 0.26% -0.09%
2 2025-10-14 0.20% 0.36% +0.15%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5452

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5452

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5452

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5452: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5452

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5452

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.11 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.22 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.23 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.23:*:ia64_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 4.0f cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 4.0f cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0f:pk8:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 4.0g cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 4.0g cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0g:pk4:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.0a cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1a cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1a cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1a:pk6:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1af cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1af:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1b cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1b:pk1:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1b2 cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1b2:pk4:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 5.1b3 cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5452

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