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CVE-2007-4004
Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.85%
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Description
Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.85% · top 42% 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 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- 26219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20070726 IBM AIX ftp gets() Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- IZ01812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- aix-ftp-bo(35627) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IZ01813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2675 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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