VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-4004
Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.85%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.85% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26219Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26219Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.