Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Informix Dynamic Server - CVE-2019-4253
Published: August 20, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35625
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-4253
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local privileged Informix user to load a malicious shared library and gain root access privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 159941.
Affected software
Informix Dynamic Server
How to mitigate CVE-2019-4253
Install update from vendor's website.