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CVE-2007-4273
IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary directories and execute arbitrary code via a…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary directories and execute arbitrary code via a "crafted localized message file" that enables a format string attack, possibly involving the (1) OSSEMEMDBG or (2) TRC_LOG_FILE environment variable in db2licd (db2licm).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- db2-message-file-format-string(36106) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070818 Recent DB2 Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2912 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070816 IBM DB2 Universal Database Directory Creation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 25339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IY98101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IY98011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_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-2007-4256 (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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