CVE-2019-4253 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1. A privileged Informix user can load a malicious shared library, leading to root access. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc1:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc10:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc11:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc12:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc2:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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