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CVE-2007-4271
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary files…
Low2.1EPSS 0.48%
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified environment variable, which is appended to "/tmp/" and used as a log file. NOTE: this issue might be related to symlink following.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- 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
- IY98210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20070816 IBM DB2 Universal Database Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_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
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)
Record last updated .