CVE-2007-4004

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2.0, 5.3-sp6

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219

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