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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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.59%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- aix-invscoutd-gain-privileges(15620) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4582 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 9982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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