CVE-2007-2996
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in perl.rte 5.8.0.10 through 5.8.0.95 on IBM AIX 5.2, and 5.8.2.10 through 5.8.2.50 on AIX 5.3, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the installation and "waiting for a legitimate user to execute a binary that ships with Perl."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.3% (21th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2988)
- Published
- June 4, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2988 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_ifix.tar.Z(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/36754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25478(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98394
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98395
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY98396&apar=only
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24241(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018177
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2004
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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