Vulnerability in IBM Aix
CVE-2007-4237
Buffer overflow in the atm subset in arp in devices.common.IBM.atm.rte in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain root privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Aix — versions 5.2, 5.3
References
- secunia.com/advisories/26219 (third-party-advisory)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/36783 (vdb-entry)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)