FKIE_CVE-2007-4270

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-18 21:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26471Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36069
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26471Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36069
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm db2_universal_database *
ibm db2_universal_database *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:43:42.853",
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