CVE-2006-5663 — IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00, Informix Client Software Development Kit (CSDK) 2.90, and Informix I-Connect 2.90 use insecure permissions for installation scripts, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the scripts

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IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00, Informix Client Software Development Kit (CSDK) 2.90, and Informix I-Connect 2.90 use insecure permissions for installation scripts, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the scripts

Published Nov 3, 2006

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00, Informix Client Software Development Kit (CSDK) 2.90, and Informix I-Connect 2.90 use insecure permissions for installation scripts, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the scripts.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00332

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00332

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.33% (0.00332)	24.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.31% (0.00311)	22.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00049)	12.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22609
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017156
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247438
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4280
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22609		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017156		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247438		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4280		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 3, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 2, 2006

Link CVE-2006-5663

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-5663

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-5663