Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.
Published: 2008-02-12
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5727 Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.
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Ibm Db2 Universal Database
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:08:00.538Z

Reserved: 2007-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5757

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-13T00:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-5757

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