CVE-2006-5664 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00, Informix Client Software Development Kit 2.90, and Informix I-Connect 2.90. The flaw allows local users to compromise security through a symlink attack on temporary files during installation. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_client_sdk:2.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_i-connect:2.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.