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CVE-2007-4236

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2007-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in lpd in bos.rte.printers in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users with printq group privileges to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018467
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98339
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98560
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018467
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98339
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98560
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678

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