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CVE-2007-4270

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4270 describes multiple race conditions in IBM DB2 UDB versions 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3. This vulnerability allows local users to achieve root privileges through a symlink attack on specific files. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp14:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:*:fp2:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/26471
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36069
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
securityfocus.com / bid/25339
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2912