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CVE-2002-0905

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in sqlexec for Informix SE-7.25 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long INFORMIXDIR environment variable.

Affected products

• IBM Informix: 7.25_.uc1_se, 7.25_.uc2_se, 7.25_.uc3_se

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0270.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9219.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4891
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0270.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9219.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4891

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