CVE-2007-3279 describes a critical vulnerability in PostgreSQL 8.1 and potentially later versions, where the PL/pgSQL language, upon creation, grants excessive privileges to the PUBLIC domain. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create and execute functions, enabling actions such as local brute-force password guessing. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability carries the highest severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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