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CVE-2006-3858
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.61%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 50% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060814 Informix - Discovery, Attack and Defense (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060814 Multiple Password Exposures Flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- informix-plaintext-password(28132) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21301 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 27691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3852 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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