CVE-2006-3862

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC5 through 9.40.xC7 and 10.00.TC1 through 10.00.xC3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SQLIDEBUG environment variable (envariable).

Affected products

IBM Informix Dynamic Server: 9.40.tc5, 9.40.uc5, 9.40.xc5, 10.0.tc1, 10.0.xc1

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/27694
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443165/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19264
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3077
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28158
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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