MEDIUM
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 Sep 10, 2007
6.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00335
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00335
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 24.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 25.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/40393 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26715 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/40393 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26715 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 10, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 10, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4798
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a