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CVE-2007-5664 (GCVE-0-2007-5664)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:39
VLAI
Summary
db2dasrrm in the DB2 Administration Server (DAS) in IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 before Fix Pack 1, 9.1 before Fix Pack 4a, and 8 before FixPak 16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files used for initialization.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019852 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/29784 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1237… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27870 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-04-15 00:00
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