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CVE-2006-3859

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3859 describes a vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) that permits authenticated remote users to create or overwrite arbitrary files. This is achieved through the LOTOFILE and trl_tracefile_set functions, as well as "SET DEBUG FILE" commands. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring authentication, resulting in partial integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in public databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.40.tc7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:9.40.tc7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.40.tc8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:9.40.tc8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.00.tc4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.00.tc5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 21,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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