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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2007-4273 Detail

Description

IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary directories and execute arbitrary code via a "crafted localized message file" that enables a format string attack, possibly involving the (1) OSSEMEMDBG or (2) TRC_LOG_FILE environment variable in db2licd (db2licm).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=581 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26471 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98011 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98101 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 CVE, MITRE
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36106 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4273
NVD Published Date:
08/18/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE