CVE-2007-4238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

Published: 2007-08-08

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4221	AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/36782
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018468
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79785
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79786
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-08-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:46:39.428Z

Reserved: 2007-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4238

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-08T22:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4238

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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