01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-06 21:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4332fe6a085ec6ea051cdd667246c3f5475526bd00aae5a74b9644587be37318
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-invscoutd-gain-privileges(15620)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620
- www.osvdb.org4582http://www.osvdb.org/4582
- secunia.com11200http://secunia.com/advisories/11200
- www.securityfocus.com9982http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982
- www.xfocus.orghttp://www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html
- www.securiteam.comhttp://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html