CVE-2007-4004

IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 - FTP 'gets()' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un desbordamiento de búfer en el cliente ftp en IBM AIX versiones 5.3 SP6 y 5.2.0, permite a usuarios locales ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de vectores no especificados que desencadenan el desbordamiento en una llamada de la función gets. NOTA: el cliente es root del setuid en AIX, por lo que este problema cruza los límites de privilegios.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-07-25 CVE Reserved
2007-07-26 CVE Published
2007-07-27 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README	X_refsource_confirm
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4233	2007-07-27

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219	2017-07-29
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812	2017-07-29
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813	2017-07-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3"		sp6		Affected