Description
The (1) bin/invscoutClient_VPD_Survey and (2) sbin/invscout_lsvpd programs in invscout.rte before 2.2.0.19 on IBM AIX 7.1, 6.1, 5.3, and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files, or trigger inventory scout operations on arbitrary files, via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
References
- aix-scout-symlink(71615) vdb-entry
- 47222 third-party-advisory
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory2.asc
- 51059 vdb-entry
- 51083 vdb-entry
- IV11643 vendor-advisory