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CVE-2006-4416 Details

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the mkvg command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious (1) chdev, (2) mkboot, (3) varyonvg, or (4) varyoffvg program.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21620	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22106	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016920	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29165	CVE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88699	CVE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88722	CVE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88737	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19708	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20197	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3389	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770	CVE
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21620	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22106	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016920	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29165	[email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88699	[email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88722	[email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88737	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19708	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20197	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3389	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ibm aix	5.1 5.2 5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 28, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]