Vulnerability in IBM Aix
CVE-2007-4799
The perfstat kernel extension in bos.perf.perfstat in AIX 5.3 does not verify privileges when processing a SET call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) via unspecified SET operations.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.4% 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 5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/26715 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/40392 (vdb-entry)
- www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd (Patch)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25554 (Patch, vdb-entry)