CVE-2007-5757
N/A
Published: February 12, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDB2 Universal Database
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXTThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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