CVE-2004-2697

Published: Dec 31, 2004Modified: Apr 16, 2026

6.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Ibm: Aix

Ibm

1 product

Aix

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ibm Aix	Version 4.3.3
Ibm Aix	Version 5.1
Ibm Aix	Version 5.1l

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (12)

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