{"cve":"CVE-2006-5659","nvd":{"published":"2006-11-03T00:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:31:37.557","status":"Modified","description":"PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps.  NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4235","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29912","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4235","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29912"],"products":["pam_extern:pam_extern"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5659","score":0.00313,"percentile":0.24249,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}