GSD-2006-5163

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19
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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.
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CVE-2006-5163
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