CVE-2006-5163 (GCVE-0-2006-5163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-03 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:41
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20300 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/29349 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447501/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1686 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3883 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/22223 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-10-01 00:00
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