Vulnerability CVE-2006-5163
Published: 2006-10-05   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
IBM Informix Dynamic Server V10.0 File Clobbering during Install
Larry Cashdollar...
05.10.2006
Med.
IBM Informix File Clobbering during Install
Larry W. Cashdol...
03.10.2018

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> Informix dynamic server 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0013.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1686
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447501/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20300
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29297
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29300
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