>> IBM AIX "capture" Terminal Control Sequence Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : IBM AIX "capture" Terminal Control Sequence Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2676 CVE ID : CVE-2007-3333
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-07-27
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in IBM AIX, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "capture" utility when parsing terminal control sequences, which could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
