CVE-2017-1092

critical

Published 2017-05-22 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

IBM Informix Open Admin Tool 11.5, 11.7, and 12.1 could allow an unauthorized user to execute arbitrary code as system admin on Windows servers. IBM X-Force ID: 120390.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42541 remote php verified

Metasploit · 2017-08-22

IBM OpenAdmin Tool - SOAP welcomeServer PHP Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-42091 webapps windows verified

SecuriTeam · 2017-05-30

IBM Informix Dynamic Server / Informix Open Admin Tool - DLL Injection / Remote Code Execution / Heap Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/ibm_openadmin_tool_soap_welcomeserver_exec rank 600

IBM OpenAdmin Tool SOAP welcomeServer PHP Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	informix_open_admin_tool	`11.5`
ibm	informix_open_admin_tool	`11.7`
ibm	informix_open_admin_tool	`12.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.