CVE-2006-3858
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.xC8 and 10.00 before 10.00.xC4 stores passwords in plaintext in shared memory, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the memory (product defects 171893, 171894, 173772).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.6% (49th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3852)
- Published
- August 8, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3852 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
- ibm / informix dynamic server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21301(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921(Patch)
- http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
- http://www.osvdb.org/27691
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443195/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19264(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3077
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28132
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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