CVE-2006-5163 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0013.html http://secunia.com/advisories/22223 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1686 http://www.osvdb.org/29349 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447501/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20300 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3883 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29297 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29300