CVE-2011-1384

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

IBM Invscout.Rte: through 2.2.0.18; 2.2.0.2, 2.2.0.4, 2.2.0.7, 2.2.0.8, 2.2.0.9, 2.2.0.10 (+6)

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory2.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/47222
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV11643
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51059
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71615
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory2.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/47222
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV11643
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51059
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71615

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