Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2004-2697

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 products

IBM/Aix3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/11200nvdVendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/4582nvd
www.securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.htmlnvd
www.xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.htmlnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620nvd

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