CVE-2007-4798

N/A Unknown
Published: September 10, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in invscout in Inventory Scout in invscout.rte in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to delete system files that have names matching the final substring of a hostname alias, as demonstrated by hostnames ending in "unix".

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/40393
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/40393
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
25th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

ibm

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