CVE-2006-0133
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AIX 5.3 ML03 allow local users to determine the existence of files and read partial…
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.99%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AIX 5.3 ML03 allow local users to determine the existence of files and read partial contents of certain files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument to (1) getCommand.new (aka getCommand) and (2) getShell, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4273.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- IBM AIX 5.3 - 'GetShell' / 'GetCommand' File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26997local, aixpublished 1 Jan 2006Verified
- IBM AIX 5.3 - 'GetShell' / 'GetCommand' File Enumeration (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26996local, aixpublished 30 Dec 2005Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 1015429 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 16102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060101 [xfocus-SD-060101]AIX getCommand&getShell two vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0141 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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