CVE-2006-5163

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.UC3RC1 Trial para Linux y posiblemente otras versiones crean /tmp/installserver.txt con permisos no seguros, lo cual permite a usuarios locales añadir información a ficheros de su elección mediante un ataque de enlace simbólico.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-10-03 CVE Reserved
2006-10-03 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-05-22 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1686	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/29349	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447501/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3883	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29297	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29300	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0013.html	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20300	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22223	2018-10-17

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"				10.uc_rc1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Informix Dynamic Server" and version "10.uc_rc1"		trial_linux		Affected