VDB-38709 · CVE-2007-4793 · BID 25560

IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2007-4793. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in xlplm in plm.server.rte in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

The issue has been introduced in 10/01/2002. The weakness was shared 07/02/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at www14.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4793 since 09/10/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1736 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 25560†), OSVDB (40398†) and Secunia (SA26715†). The entries VDB-38715, VDB-38714, VDB-38713 and VDB-38712 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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10/01/2002 🔍
07/02/2007 +1735 days 🔍
09/05/2007 +64 days 🔍
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09/10/2007 +3 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2744 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1487 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-4793 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4793
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38709
SecurityFocus: 25560 - IBM AIX xlplm Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 26715 - IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 40398 - IBM AIX plm.server.rte xlplm Unspecified Local Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2007-3059

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 04/11/2019 23:00
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (56), 04/11/2019 23:00 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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