CVE-2007-4791

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/40400
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856
http://osvdb.org/40400
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532

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