CVE-2007-5757 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-02-12

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5727	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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=653
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Db2 Universal Database

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-12T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:08:00.538Z

Reserved: 2007-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5757

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-13T00:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-5757

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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