CVE-2007-5757

N/A Unknown
Published: February 13, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
25th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

ibm

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