01 Record
CVE-2007-4217
Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.7% 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
- 2007-11-05 16:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-08
- 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
- 8b061f7fc85d90b9b2ae3859d0ba908eb646c1ee685ae323483f11172f4fccce
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com27437http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-ftp-domacro-bo(38162)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162
- labs.idefense.com20071030 IBM AIX ftp domacro Parameter Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616
- www14.software.ibm.comhttp://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815
- securitytracker.com1018871http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- www.ibm.comIZ05488http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488
- aix.software.ibm.comftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tar
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3669http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- www.ibm.comIZ05487http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487
- www.securityfocus.com26260http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26260