CVE-2007-4791 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-09-10

Score: 7.2 High

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

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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-2007-4772	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/40400
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-10T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.477Z

Reserved: 2007-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4791

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-09-10T21:17:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-4791

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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