CVE-2007-1027 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM DB2 versions prior to 9 Fix Pack 2 on Linux and Unix systems. It allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on the DB2DIAG.LOG temporary file, leveraging certain setuid DB2 binaries. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.0:*:unix:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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