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CVE-2007-4791
Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified…
High7.2EPSS 0.39%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 40400 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- IY98804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IY98819 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IY98532 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3059 (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)
Record last updated .