Vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server
CVE-2006-3853
Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.TC7 and 10.00 before 10.00.TC3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.041 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- IBM Informix Dynamic Server — versions 9.4, 9.40.tc5, 9.40.uc1
References
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443149/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
- www.osvdb.org/27685 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21301 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19264 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28122 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3077 (vdb-entry)