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CVE-2007-6601

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6601 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the DBLink module of PostgreSQL versions 8.2.6 and earlier, 8.1.11 and earlier, 8.0.15 and earlier, 7.4.19 and earlier, and 7.3.21 and earlier, specifically when local trust or ident authentication is configured. This issue, an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3278, allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), indicating a high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: rh-postgresql-0:7.3.21-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6601Moderate

PostgreSQL privilege escalation via dblink

Jan 7, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
Broken Link
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/28359
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28376
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28437
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28438
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28445
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28454
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28455
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28464
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28477
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28479
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28679
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/28698
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/29638
Not Applicable
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39500
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1768
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11127
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
usn.ubuntu.com / 568-1
Broken Link
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1460
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1463
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
postgresql.org / about/news.905
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0039.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/27163
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0061
Permissions Required
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0109
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1071/references
Permissions Required