HIGH
Buffer overflow in the pioout program in printers.rte in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line option
Published Jan 25, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.52%
Description
Buffer overflow in the pioout program in printers.rte in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line option.
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.
0.52% 0.00517
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00517
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 1, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00517) | 41.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00517) | 39.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.54th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=648 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28609 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10840 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10841 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10842 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10844 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27428 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019264 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4078 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39912 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5616 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 25, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 31, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5764
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a