CVE-2007-4798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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".

Published: 2007-09-10

Score: 6.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4779	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".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/40393
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-10T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.770Z

Reserved: 2007-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4798

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-09-10T21:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4798

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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