# CVE-2006-5300: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can gain unauthorized access to Repository Manager accounts and escalate privileges in HP Version Control Agent.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** 17 Oct 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrwr-hvgj-hxhm

## What is CVE-2006-5300?

CVE-2006-5300 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Oct 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in HP Version Control Agent before 2.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to obtain "unauthorized access" to a remote Repository Manager account and potentially gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5300?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Version Control Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-5300?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5300 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-5300 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5300 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-5300 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Oct 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2006-5300/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5300/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5300
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5300
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5300

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