VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-6717
Buffer overflow in tftp in bos.net.tcp.client in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in tftp in bos.net.tcp.client in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03054
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03060
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?path=/200710/SECURITY/20071030/datafile110126&mode=7&heading=AIX53Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45651
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5988
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03054
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03060
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?path=/200710/SECURITY/20071030/datafile110126&mode=7&heading=AIX53Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45651
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5988
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.