CVE-2007-1798

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the drmgr command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long path name.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/34981
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95054
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96753
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96772
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017841
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1186
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33354
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12575
http://osvdb.org/34981
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95054
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96753
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96772

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