CVE-2007-0392

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.3

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457279/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457315/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457279/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457315/100/0/threaded

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