CVE-2007-4217
Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the '$' command.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the '$' command.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tarPatch
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26260Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tarPatch
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26260Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.