CVE-2004-1054

AIX 5.3.0 - 'invscout' Local Command Execution

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in invscout in IBM AIX 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "uname" program, which is executed from lsvpd after lsvpd has been invoked by invscout.

Vulnerabilidad de camino de ejecución no confiable en invscout de IBM AIX 5.1.0, 5.2.0 y 5.3.0 permite a usuarios locales ganar privilegios modificando la variable de entorno PATH para que apunte a un programa "uname" malicioso, que es ejecutado desde lsvpd después de que lsvpd haya sido ejecutado por invscout

Local exploitation of an untrusted path vulnerability in the invscout command included by default in multiple versions of IBM Corp.'s AIX could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as the root user. Verified in version 5.2.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-11-18 CVE Reserved
2004-12-22 CVE Published
2005-03-25 First Exploit
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-06-27 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18619	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/36794	2005-03-25
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/898	2005-03-25
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/701	2017-01-30

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64820&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64852&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64976&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=171&type=vulnerabilities	2017-07-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.1l Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.1l"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2_l Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2_l"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3_l Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3_l"		-		Affected