Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5556 - Local Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 11.00/11.11/11.4
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in the localtime_r function, and certain other functions, in libc in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ environment variable.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 3 |
Exploit-Db
| description | HP-UX 11i (LIBC TZ enviroment variable) Local Root Exploit. CVE-2006-5556. Local exploit for hp-ux platform |
| file | exploits/hp-ux/local/2636.c |
| id | EDB-ID:2636 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2006-10-24 |
| platform | hp-ux |
| port | |
| published | 2006-10-24 |
| reporter | prdelka |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/2636/ |
| title | HP-UX 11i LIBC TZ enviroment variable Local Root Exploit |
| type | local |