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01 Record

CVE-2019-4253

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.

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/A:H/I:H/C:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/AC:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 35.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-08-20 18:50Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:29Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-01-03
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/A:H/I:H/C:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/AC:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d6513faddc125c79bb4191dd2e1af332f2af6360fa688f115c5d5110c89cce54

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMInformix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition12.1—

06 References