CVE-2007-4791

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Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges vi

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 · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00051

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

ibm aixall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD10 Sep 2007 · 09:17 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://osvdb.org/40400

http://secunia.com/advisories/26715PatchVendor 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

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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

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