CVE-2007-4237 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the atm subset of the arp component in IBM AIX versions 5.2 and 5.3. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it is considered high severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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