CVE-2005-2232

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Published Jul 12, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2233	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.155% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/15636
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0002.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/8816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13909

History

Jul 14, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00189}`	epss `{'score': 0.00328}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 12, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:21 AM
Reserved: Jul 12, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 12, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM

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