Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ontape for IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC3 and earlier allows local users, with DSA privileges, to execute arbitrary code via a long ONCONFIG environment variable.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40/Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (1) EDB-23609 · local · Aug 8, 2003 · verified
- IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40/Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (2) EDB-23610 · local · Aug 8, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3759 vdb-entry
- 9512 vdb-entry
- informix-ontape-binary-bo(14970) vdb-entry
- 10737 third-party-advisory
- 20040129 ----------========== OPEN3S-2003-08-08-eng-informix-ontape mailing-list
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336