CVE - CVE-2007-5757

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-5757	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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AIXAPAR:IZ03546 URL:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546 CONFIRM:ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT IDEFENSE:20080207 IBM DB2 Universal Database db2pd Arbitrary Library Loading Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653 SECTRACK:1019319 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20071031	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20071031)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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