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CVE-2007-4799

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2007-09-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Ibm Aix

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References