CVE-2007-4791: IBM Aix

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

Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2007-09-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.