CVE-2007-4217
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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 '$' command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4200)
- Published
- November 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4200 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/ftp_ifix.tar(Patch)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26260(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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