CVE-2007-4217: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the '$' command.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2007-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.