{"cve":"CVE-2007-5757","nvd":{"published":"2008-02-13T00:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:46:46.157","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT","http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653","http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319","http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546","ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT"],"products":["ibm:db2_universal_database"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5757","score":0.00329,"percentile":0.26075,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}