CVE-2007-4004: ibm aix

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4004 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in ibm aix. EPSS estimates a 0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 26-07-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.