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CVE-2006-0553
PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol"…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#567452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 16649 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [pgsql-announce] 20060214 Minor Releases 7.3 thru 8.1 Available to Fix Security Issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1015636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- postgresql-setrole-privilege-elevation(24718) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 20060215 PostgreSQL security releases 8.1.3, 8.0.7, 7.4.12, 7.3.14 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0560 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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