CVE-2007-4271
IBM DB2 Universal Database < 8.0 and < 9.1 - Path Traversal via Environment Variable
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_vim
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26471
Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261
Scores
EPSS
0.0048
EPSS Percentile
37.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
ibm/db2_universal_database
< 8.0
ibm/db2_universal_database
< 9.1
Published
Aug 18, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026