HIGH
Buffer overflow in crontab in IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges via long command line arguments
Published Nov 5, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Buffer overflow in crontab in IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges via long command line arguments.
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.
0.37% 0.00374
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00374
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 29.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 28.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 16.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/crontab_ifix.tar x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=612 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ04832 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26263 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38164 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/crontab_ifix.tar | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=612 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ04832 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26263 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38164 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 5, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 30, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4621
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a