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CVE-2006-5163

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
05/10/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.UC3RC1 Trial for Linux and possibly other versions creates /tmp/installserver.txt with insecure permissions, which allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.60
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:10.uc_rc1:*:trial_linux:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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