MEDIUM
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
Published Aug 18, 2007
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 8.0
- ≤ 9.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.33% 0.00328
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00328
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 23.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 24.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26471 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36069 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26471 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html | mailing-listx_refsource_VIM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36069 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 18, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 9, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4270
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a