Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4004
CVE-2007-4004
Description
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.
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/26219nvdVendor Advisory
- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/READMEnvd
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvd
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627nvd
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