VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-4791
Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/40400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26715Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804Patch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855Patch
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856
- http://osvdb.org/40400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26715Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804Patch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855Patch
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.