CVE-2005-2232 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in invscout in IBM AIX 5.1.0 through 5.3.0 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

Published: 2005-07-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2233	Buffer overflow in invscout in IBM AIX 5.1.0 through 5.3.0 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00328.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/15636
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0002.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/8816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13909

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00189}`	epss `{'score': 0.00328}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:21:13.011Z

Reserved: 2005-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2232

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2232

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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