CVE-2007-4791

high

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.

References

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532

http://secunia.com/advisories/26715

http://osvdb.org/40400

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-10

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H