29348 : IBM Informix Dynamic Server installserver.txt Symlink Arbitrary File Manipulation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-10-01	2006-10-01

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-5163" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2006-5163 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 20300
Secunia Advisory ID: 22223
ISS X-Force ID: 29297
Related OSVDB ID: 29349
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0013.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-10-05 | Disagree?

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