IBM DB2 for Linux Multiple Privilege Escalation and Insecure Temporary Files Issues
Title : IBM DB2 for Linux Multiple Privilege Escalation and Insecure Temporary Files Issues Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0652 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1027 - CVE-2007-1086 - CVE-2007-1087 - CVE-2007-1088
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-02-19
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM DB2 for Linux, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions and obtain elevated privileges.
The first issue is due to errors in various setuid binaries that handle temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow malicious users to conduct symlink attacks and create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the vulnerable application [...] References
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