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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 on a command line argument (log file). NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2006-5002.

    Published:Dec 31, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00698
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Aix

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23883

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High