IBM AIX invscoutd allows elevated privileges
| aix-invscoutd-gain-privileges (15620) |  High Risk |
Description:
IBM AIX could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by a vulnerability in invscoutd, which is a command used to implement an Inventory Scout server daemon. By supplying a logfile as a command line argument, a local attacker could create or overwrite files with elevated privileges on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- IBM, AIX 4.3.3
- IBM, AIX 5.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BID-9982: AIX Invscoutd Symbolic Link Vulnerability
- 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.
- OSVDB ID: 4582: AIX invscoutd Insecure Logfile Handling
- SA11200: AIX invscoutd Insecure Logfile Handling Vulnerability
Reported:
Mar 26, 2004
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