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CVE-2007-5757

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-02-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2007-5757
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.33%

Original NVD Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.