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CVE-2007-6600
PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for (1) VACUUM and (2) ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports (3) SET ROLE and (4) SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within index functions, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges.
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 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% 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 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
38
- MDVSA-2008:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1460 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28454 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080107 PostgreSQL 2007-01-07 Cumulative Security Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28359 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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
- 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
- 28455 (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
- 20080115 rPSA-2008-0016-1 postgresql postgresql-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT080006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 200559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- USN-568-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- postgresql-indexfunctions-priv-escalation(39496) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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
- 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-2007-6566 (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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