CVE-2007-5956
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 10.00.xC7W1 allows local users to gain privileges by referencing modified NLS message files through directory traversal sequences in the DBLANG environment variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5926)
- Published
- November 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5926 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / informix dynamic server
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27542(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC54252
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27011082(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26363
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3757
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38297
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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