CVE-2006-3858

NISR02082006E.txt

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.xC8 and 10.00 before 10.00.xC4 stores passwords in plaintext in shared memory, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the memory (product defects 171893, 171894, 173772).

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) anterior a 9.40.xC8 y 10.00 anterior a 10.00.xC4 almacena contraseñas en texto plano en memoria compartida, lo cual permite a usuarios locales obtener contraseñas leyendo la memoria (defectos de producto 171893, 171894, 173772).

Informix Dynamic Server is a database developed by IBM. During a security assessment of Informix multiple password exposure flaws were discovered. When a user logs on to an Informix server their cleartext password can be found in a shared memory section. On Windows "everyone" can open the section and read the contents and thus gain access to the passwords for every logged on user. On both Linux and Windows, in the event of a crash the share memory is dumped in a log file which is world readable. All versions are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-07-26 CVE Reserved
2006-08-08 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/27691	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443195/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3077	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28132	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/21301	2018-10-17
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921	2018-10-17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19264	2018-10-17

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.4 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.4"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.tc5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.tc5"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.uc1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.uc1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.uc2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.uc2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.uc3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.uc3"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.uc5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.uc5"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.xc5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.xc5"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				9.40.xc7 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "9.40.xc7"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				10.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				10.0.xc1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "10.0.xc1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Informix Dynamic Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server"				10.0.xc3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "10.0.xc3"		-		Affected