$ cve CVE-2006-4254 JSON

CVE-2006-4254 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.9% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Unspecified vulnerability in setlocale in IBM AIX 5.1.0 through 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	7.9% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2006-08-21
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
ibm	aix

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	IBM AIX 5.3.0 - 'setlocale()' Local Privilege Escalation	2007-11-07