CVE-2007-4270

N/A Unknown

Published: August 18, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/26471

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36069

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=578