# CVE-2006-5014: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges via mysqladmin and hooksadmin in cPanel, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2006
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cj38-v6qv-2jpj

## What is CVE-2006-5014?

CVE-2006-5014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 27 Sep 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in cPanel before 10.9.0 12 Tree allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors in (1) mysqladmin and (2) hooksadmin.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5014?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cpanel Cpanel.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-5014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-5014 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5014 exists.

Public exploit code:

- cPanel 10.8.x - cpwrap via MySQLAdmin Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-5014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 27 Sep 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5014 exists.

Affected product: Cpanel Cpanel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5014/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5014

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5014/
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