CVE-2007-4272 Path traversal in n/a

Low 1.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can create arbitrary files via environment variables and path manipulation, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

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-2007-4272?

CVE-2007-4272 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

Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allow local users to create arbitrary files via (1) unspecified vectors where an attacker's umask is honored, (2) /etc/ld.so.preload, (3) certain "cron data file locations", and other unspecified vectors possibly involving the (4) OSSEMEMDBG or (5) TRC_LOG_FILE environment variable in db2licd (db2licm).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4272?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Db2 Universal Database.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4272?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4272 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-2007-4272 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Db2 Universal Database vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-93gm-pgf6-cgvg.

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