CVE-2007-4271

N/A Unknown
Published: August 18, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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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=579
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
Patch
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
Source: cve@mitre.org
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
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26471
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

ibm

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