CVE-2007-4273

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

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).

Affected products

IBM Db2 Universal Database: through 8.0; through 9.1

References

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

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