CVE-2007-4799

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The perfstat kernel extension in bos.perf.perfstat in AIX 5.3 does not verify privileges when processing a SET call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) via unspecified SET operations.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/40392
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97309
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3850
http://osvdb.org/40392
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97309
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3850

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