CVE-2008-3356
Published Aug 5, 2008
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- verifydb in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and other Unix platforms sets the ownership or permissions of an iivdb.log file without verifying that it is the application's own log file, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink with an iivdb.log filename.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Evaluator
- Comment
- This vulnerability affects all platforms except VMS and Windows
- Impact
- "Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the "ingres" user. By itself, this vulnerability does not have very serious consequences. However, when combined with the library loading vulnerability, it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. " (iDefense)
- Solution
- "Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the "ingres" user. By itself, this vulnerability does not have very serious consequences. However, when combined with the library loading vulnerability, it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. " (iDefense)
Configurations
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},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ingres:ingres:2006:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "8CEFDCDD-7D4B-442C-8CD4-D22CA5F4DD35"
},
{
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},
{
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},
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"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "02D8FAC9-5887-4B0D-BB95-0704D763B6A8"
}
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"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]