CVE-2007-5757 | BDVDB-2026-29119 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-02-12Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.