CVE-2007-4238

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-08 22:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
IBM AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
osvdb.org/36782 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - IBM AIX pioinit Lets Local Users Replace a File to Execute Arbitrary Code with Root Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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