CVE-2007-4796 : Buffer overflow in uucp in bos.net.uucp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local user

Buffer overflow in uucp in bos.net.uucp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published 2007-09-10 21:17:00

Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Overflow

Products affected by CVE-2007-4796

EPSS FAQ

0.05%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 13 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
7.2	HIGH	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	3.9	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

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

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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