# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-10-06 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620
- http://www.osvdb.org/4582
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982
- http://www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23883

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