CVE-2005-2232 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the invscout utility within IBM AIX versions 5.1.0 through 5.3.0. A local attacker could exploit this by providing a crafted, long command line argument, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium severity), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, and potential impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (beyond a related privilege escalation for paginit), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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