CVE detail

CVE-2006-5163 — CVE-2006-5163

Published 2006-10-05 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor ibm · Product informix_dynamic_server · Source nvd

UNKNOWN

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0047

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

38.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

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.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.