CVE-2012-0866

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

CREATE TRIGGER in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 does not properly check the execute permission for trigger functions marked SECURITY DEFINER, which allows remote authenticated users to execute otherwise restricted triggers on arbitrary data by installing the trigger on an attacker-owned table.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 8.3, 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.3.3, 8.3.4, 8.3.5 (+33)

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49272
http://secunia.com/advisories/49273
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-18.html

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