CVE-2007-4271 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can create arbitrary files via path traversal in an environment variable, potentially leading to unauthorized file modification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-4271?
CVE-2007-4271 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Db2 Universal Database, published on 18 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4271?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Db2 Universal Database.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4271?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2007-4271 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4271 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Db2 Universal Database
- CVE-2007-6045 Unspecified vulnerability in (1) DB2WATCH and (2) DB2FREEZE in IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-6047 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2007-6048 Misconfiguration in n/a
- CVE-2007-6051 IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 assigns incorrect privileges to the (1) DB2ADMNS and (2) DB2USERS alternative groups, which has unknown impact.
- CVE-2005-4865 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-542j-f8v7-ww99.