VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-4799

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-09-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The perfstat kernel extension in bos.perf.perfstat in AIX 5.3 does not verify privileges when processing a SET call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) via unspecified SET operations.

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