CVE-2007-4004

6.9

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

0.85%

LOW RiskEPSS (56th percentile)

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.

Published: 7/26/2007

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

6.9

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.85%LOW Exploitation Risk

56th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.85% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 56% of all scored CVEs.

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