CVE-2012-0866

Postgresql vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

CREATE TRIGGER in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 does not properly check the execute permission for trigger functions marked SECURITY DEFINER, which allows remote authenticated users to execute otherwise restricted triggers on arbitrary data by installing the trigger on an attacker-owned table.

Affected vendor

Postgresql

Affected product

Postgresql

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Published

2012-07-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low 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 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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