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CVE-2007-4238 Details

Description

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/36782	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018468	CVE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79785	CVE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79786	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678	CVE
http://osvdb.org/36782	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018468	[email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79785	[email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79786	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ibm aix	5.2 5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]