Unscored severity · published Sep 10, 2007
CVE-2007-4798
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…
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CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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".
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
5.2; 5.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4798
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4798
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/40393
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
Patch
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556
www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
Patch
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846
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