CVE-2006-3862

NISR02082006G.txt

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC5 through 9.40.xC7 and 10.00.TC1 through 10.00.xC3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SQLIDEBUG environment variable (envariable).

Desbordamiento de búfer en IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC5 hasta 9.40.xC7 y 10.00.TC1 hasta 10.00.xC3 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código de su elección a través de la variable de entorno (envariable) SQLIDEBUG.

Informix Dynamic Server is a database developed by IBM. During a security assessment of Informix it was discovered that an overflow could be triggered in a shared library with the SQLIDEBUG environment variable. This can be triggered to gain root privileges by accessing one of the setuid root binaries such as onmode. Versions affected include 9.40.xC6 and earlier and 10.00.xC2, C1.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* 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://secunia.com/advisories/21301	Third Party Advisory
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/27694	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443165/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19264	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3077	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28158	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921	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"				9.40.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.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"				10.0.tc1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "10.0.tc1"		-		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