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CVE-2004-2634
The (1) bos.rte.serv_aid or (2) bos.rte.console filesets in IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a…
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.31%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 76% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The (1) bos.rte.serv_aid or (2) bos.rte.console filesets in IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files via unknown attack vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 5711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 5712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 10231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/pseries.subscriptionSvcs?mode=18&ID=279 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- aix-console-commands-symlink(16008) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IY55790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IY55789 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1009975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2625 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-2634)Record last updated .