CVE-2009-3230 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting multiple versions of PostgreSQL (8.4.1 and earlier, 8.3.8 and earlier, 8.2.14 and earlier, 8.1.18 and earlier, 8.0.22 and earlier, and 7.4.26 and earlier). Remote authenticated users can gain privileges by exploiting improper privilege handling during RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, an incomplete fix for a previous CVE. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is of medium severity, allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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