CVE-2007-4798
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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".
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4779)
- Published
- September 10, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4779 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://osvdb.org/40393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26715(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25556(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846(Patch)
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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