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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2004-1054 json

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 th…

published 2004-12-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1052

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-701)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-898 AIX 5.3.0 - 'invscout' Local Command Execution local, 2005-03-25
  • EDB-701 AIX 4.3/5.1 < 5.3 - 'lsmcode' Execution Privilege Escalation local, 2004-12-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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