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CVE-2007-6717

• 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: 2008-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in tftp in bos.net.tcp.client in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2.0, 5.3.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03054
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03060
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?path=/200710/SECURITY/20071030/datafile110126&mode=7&heading=AIX53
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45651
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5988
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03054
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03060
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?path=/200710/SECURITY/20071030/datafile110126&mode=7&heading=AIX53
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45651
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5988

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