IBM Inventory Scout up to 2.2.0.0

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Inventory Scout up to 2.2.0.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-5002. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Inventory Scout up to 2.2.0.0 and classified as problematic. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Inventory Scout for AIX 2.2.0.0 through 2.2.0.9 (invscoutClient_VPD_Survey) allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 09/25/2006. The weakness was presented 09/26/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5002 since 09/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28904 (AIX 5.2 TL 9 / 5.3 TL 5 : invscout.rte (U810933)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29162), Tenable (28904), SecurityFocus (BID 20199†), OSVDB (29189†) and Secunia (SA22062†). See VDB-2474, VDB-2490, VDB-2568 and VDB-2570 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28904
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 9 / 5.3 TL 5 : invscout.rte (U810933)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5002 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5002
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32468
X-Force: 29162
SecurityFocus: 20199 - IBM AIX Inventory Scout Local Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Secunia: 22062 - IBM AIX Inventory Scout Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 29189 - IBM AIX invscoutClient_VPD_Survey file overwrite
SecurityTracker: 1016924
Vulnerability Center: 12785 - IBM AIX Inventory Scout Allows Local Overwriting of Files, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-3770

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/09/2025 04:26
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (64), 07/08/2019 18:50 (13), 04/09/2025 04:26 (17)
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