CVE-2007-5764

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the pioout program in printers.rte in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line option.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=648
http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10840
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10841
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10842
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10844
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27428
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019264
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4078
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39912
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5616

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