VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-4623
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendrmt function in bellmail in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the m command.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). 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 sendrmt function in bellmail in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the m command.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bellmail_ifix.tarPatch
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05065
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05066
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26257Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile094529Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38150
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4943
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bellmail_ifix.tarPatch
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05065
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05066
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26257Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile094529Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38150
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4943
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.