CVE-2006-3861

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.xC7 and 10.00 before 10.00.xC3 does not use database creation permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary databases.

Affected products

IBM Informix Dynamic Server: 7.31, 9.4, 9.40.tc5, 9.40.uc1, 9.40.uc2, 9.40.uc3 (+4)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21301
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
http://www.osvdb.org/27692
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443192/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19264
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3077
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28148
http://secunia.com/advisories/21301
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf

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