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. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653	Patch
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database::fixpak_15::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.0:fixpak_3a::::::

Information

Published : 2008-02-12 16:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 14:31

NVD link : CVE-2007-5757

Mitre link : CVE-2007-5757

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Products Affected

ibm

db2_universal_database

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