CVE-2004-2697 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in the AIX Inventory Scout daemon to gain elevated privileges via symlink attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-2697?
CVE-2004-2697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 6 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2697?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aix.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-2697 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2697 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w84v-vmqq-p8vc.