CVE-2007-2996

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in perl.rte 5.8.0.10 through 5.8.0.95 on IBM AIX 5.2, and 5.8.2.10 through 5.8.2.50 on AIX 5.3, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the installation and "waiting for a legitimate user to execute a binary that ships with Perl."

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/36754
http://secunia.com/advisories/25478
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98394
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98395
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY98396&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24241
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018177
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2004
http://osvdb.org/36754
http://secunia.com/advisories/25478

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