MEDIUM
verifydb in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and other Unix platforms sets the ownership or permissions of an iivdb.log file without verifying that it is the application's own log file, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink with an iivdb.log filename
Published Aug 5, 2008
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
verifydb in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and other Unix platforms sets the ownership or permissions of an iivdb.log file without verifying that it is the application's own log file, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink with an iivdb.log filename.
Affected products
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.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00374
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00374
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 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 29.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 29.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | 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 (1)
References (11)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=731 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31357 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31398 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020613 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44177 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=731 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31357 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31398 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020613 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44177 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 28, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3356
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a