CVE-2019-4253 Privilege escalation in Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition

What is CVE-2019-4253?

CVE-2019-4253 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server, published on 20 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4253?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Informix Dynamic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4253?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-4253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4253 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server

• CVE-2010-4070 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-2753 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-0949 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-0768 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1033 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3

All Ibm Informix Dynamic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mfw7-5pw3-6w64.