CVE-2006-3859

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 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: 2006-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) allows remote authenticated users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via the (1) LOTOFILE and (2) trl_tracefile_set functions, and the (3) "SET DEBUG FILE" commands.

Affected products

IBM Informix Dynamic Database Server: 9.40.tc7, 9.40.tc8, 10.00.tc4, 10.00.tc5

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1408
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443216/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28383
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1408
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443216/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28383

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