THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-3433
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-3433

Postgresql vulnerability

CVSS
6.0
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The PL/perl and PL/Tcl implementations in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.30, 8.0 before 8.0.26, 8.1 before 8.1.22, 8.2 before 8.2.18, 8.3 before 8.3.12, 8.4 before 8.4.5, and 9.0 before 9.0.1 do not properly protect script execution by a different SQL user identity within the same session, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via crafted script code in a SECURITY DEFINER function, as demonstrated by (1) redefining standard functions or (2) redefining operators, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1168, CVE-2010-1169, CVE-2010-1170, and CVE-2010-1447.
Affected vendor
Postgresql
Affected product
Postgresql
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2010-10-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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