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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-2996 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in perl.rte 5.8.0.10 through 5.8.0.95 on IBM AIX 5.2, and 5.8.2.10 through 5.8.2.50 on AIX 5.3, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the installation and "waiting for a legitimate user to execute a binary that ships with Perl."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_ifix.tar.Z CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://osvdb.org/36754 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25478 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98394 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98395 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY98396&apar=only CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24241 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018177 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2004 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2996
NVD Published Date:
06/04/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE