CVE-2007-4791 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Aix

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/40400
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-10T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.477Z

Reserved: 2007-09-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4791

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-10T21:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4791

Redhat

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