CVE-2006-5163

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 5, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-5163: Low severity, CVSS 3.6 | Vulnix