HIGH
Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via long input data
Published Feb 16, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via long input data.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00386
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00386
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00386) | 30.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 28.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 15.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 10.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://osvdb.org/33200 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24154 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017656 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0617 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32508 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33200 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24154 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017656 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0617 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32508 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 16, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 15, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0978
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a