Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 10, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-4798

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in invscout in Inventory Scout in invscout.rte in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to delete system files that have names matching the final substring of a hostname alias, as demonstrated by hostnames ending in "unix".

Affected products

IBM/Aix3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.2, 5.3
IBM/invscoutllm-create
Range: 5.2, 5.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

secunia.com/advisories/26715nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556nvdPatch
www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjdnvdPatch
www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjdnvdPatch
osvdb.org/40393nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447nvd

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