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CVE-2004-2697

The Inventory Scout daemon (invscoutd) 1.3.0.0 and 2.0.2 for AIX 4.3.3 and 5.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a command line argument (log file). NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2006-5002.

Published

2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	ibm	aix	4.3.3	Yes
Operating System	ibm	aix	5.1	Yes
Operating System	ibm	aix	5.1l	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/11200 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/4582 ([email protected])
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/11200 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/4582 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)