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CVE-2007-2996
Unspecified vulnerability in perl.rte 5.8.0.10 through 5.8.0.95 on IBM AIX 5.2, and 5.8.2.10 through 5.8.2.50 on AIX 5.3, allows local…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.29%
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in perl.rte 5.8.0.10 through 5.8.0.95 on IBM AIX 5.2, and 5.8.2.10 through 5.8.2.50 on AIX 5.3, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the installation and "waiting for a legitimate user to execute a binary that ships with Perl."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 79% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 1018177 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25478 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IY98394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 24241 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IY98395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2004 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IY98396 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 36754 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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