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medium 4.6

CVE-2005-2232 json

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 argume…

published 2005-07-12 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2233

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1046)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1046 AIX 5.2 - 'paginit' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2005-06-14
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/15636 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13909 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/8816 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • caughq.org http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0002.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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