01 Record
CVE-2007-4004
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 57.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-07-26 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e6cf5dcde259144ca46789f44a3f52d5d083da780ca0720cdf2b60d713a7d8db
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com26219http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
- www.securitytracker.com1018465http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465
- labs.idefense.com20070726 IBM AIX ftp gets() Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitieshttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571
- www-1.ibm.comIZ01812http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-ftp-bo(35627)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627
- www.securityfocus.com25077http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077
- www-1.ibm.comIZ01813http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2675http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675
- aix.software.ibm.comftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README