CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-2489

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2004-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2004-12-31
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Format string vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.xC3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified INFORMIXDIR environment variable that points to a file with format string specifiers in the filename.

Affected configurations

• ibm informix dynamic server 9.40.uc1 • ibm informix dynamic server 9.40.uc2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107524391217364&w=2 marc.info
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/3757 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9511 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14967 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107524391217364&w=2 marc.info
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/3757 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9511 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14967 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com