CVE-2007-4273

IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary...

4.6 Medium

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).

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Down 1.8 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

Record: CVE-2007-4273
CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-134
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2007-4273
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-4256 No score

Record: EUVD-2007-4256
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-946w-fc5x-gqqm No score

IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary...

Record: GHSA-946w-fc5x-gqqm
Weakness: CWE-134
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ibm db2 universal database

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	aliases, references, title	GitHub Advisories
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-4273 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Ibm Db2 Universal Database, published August 18, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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