CVE-2004-2697

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

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 related to CVE-2006-5002.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/11200

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/4582

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/11200