{"id":"CVE-2007-4217","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-4217","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:39:52.379Z","title":"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 '$' command.","description":"Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the '$' command.","published":"2007-11-05T16:46:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:43:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["ibm/aix"],"epss":{"score":0.00407,"percentile":0.34746,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tar","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27437","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26260","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tar","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27437","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26260","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4217","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}