VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5757
Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ibm/db2 universal database
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546
- ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.