CVE-2007-5664 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

db2dasrrm in the DB2 Administration Server (DAS) in IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 before Fix Pack 1, 9.1 before Fix Pack 4a, and 8 before FixPak 16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files used for initialization.

db2dasrrm in the DB2 Administration Server (DAS) in IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 before Fix Pack 1, 9.1 before Fix Pack 4a, and 8 before FixPak 16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files used for initialization.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-04-16 18:05:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-29 01:33:00

Affected Software

IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1

9.1

References

20080415 IBM DB2 Universal Database Administration Server File Creation Vulnerability

29784

Patch, Vendor Advisory

27870

Patch

1019852

ADV-2008-1237

ibm-db2-db2dasrrm-symlink(41848)

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