CVE-2007-4793 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xlplm component of plm.server.rte within IBM AIX versions 5.2 and 5.3. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered high severity, indicating that an attacker with local access can achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. 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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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