CVE-2007-4271 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in IBM DB2 UDB versions 8 (prior to Fixpak 15) and 9.1 (prior to Fixpak 3). This flaw allows a local attacker to create arbitrary files by manipulating an unspecified environment variable with a "../" sequence, which is then appended to "/tmp/" for log file creation. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, no authentication required, and a partial impact on integrity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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