CVE-2007-0392: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.3 only

Published 2007-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.