CVE-2008-3356 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 (releases 1 and 2) on Linux and Unix platforms. The 'verifydb' utility insecurely handles the iivdb.log file, allowing a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symbolic link. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ingres:ingres:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2006CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ingres:ingres:2006:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2006CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ingres:ingres:2006:9.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2006CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ingres:ingres:2006:release_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2006CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ingres:ingres:2006:release_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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