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CVE-2007-4270
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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.33%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070818 Recent DB2 Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2912 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070816 IBM DB2 Universal Database Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- IY98210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 25339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IY99261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- db2-binaries-symlink(36069) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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