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CVE-2007-3278
PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when local trust authentication is enabled and the Database Link library (dblink) is…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 30% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when local trust authentication is enabled and the Database Link library (dblink) is installed, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary accounts and execute arbitrary SQL queries via a dblink host parameter that proxies the connection from 127.0.0.1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% 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 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
29
- DSA-1460 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20070618 Re: Having Fun With PostgreSQL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28454 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28679 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- postgresql-dblink-sql-injection(35142) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 103197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 28437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29638 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1463 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SSRT080006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 200559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-568-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 28438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070616 Having Fun With PostgreSQL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200801-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 40899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2007-3268 (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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