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CVE-2007-4795

• 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 mkpath in bos.rte.methods in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long ODM name.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY91132
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY91145
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25558
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3848
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3849
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY91132
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY91145
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25558
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059

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