CVE-2007-4270

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple race conditions in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allow local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on certain files.

Múltiples condiciones de carrera en IBM DB2 UDB 8 anterior a Fixpak 15 y 9.1 anterior a Fixpak 3 permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios de root mediante ataque de enlace simbólico en ciertos ficheros.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-08-09 CVE Reserved
2007-08-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581	Vdb Entry
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36069	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/26471	2017-07-29
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352	2017-07-29
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607	2017-07-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210	2017-07-29
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261	2017-07-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Db2 Universal Database Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Db2 Universal Database"				<= 8.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Db2 Universal Database" and version " <= 8.0"		fp14		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Db2 Universal Database Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Db2 Universal Database"				<= 9.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Db2 Universal Database" and version " <= 9.1"		fp2		Affected