PT-2004-3587 · Inventory Scout · Invscoutd

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2004-2697

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Inventory Scout daemon (invscoutd) versions 1.3.0.0 through 2.0.2

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a command line argument, specifically the log file.

Recommendations For versions 1.3.0.0 through 2.0.2, consider restricting access to the log file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2697

Affected Products

Invscoutd

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/9982 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/23883 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11200 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2697 · Security Note
• http://securiteam.com/exploits/5CP0F0UDFG.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/4582 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15620 · Note
• http://xfocus.org/exploits/200403/31.html · Note