Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-3280

Title: Postgresql

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2007-3280

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 19, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

25.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-3280: The Database Link library (dblink) in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE statements that map to arbitrary libraries based on the C programming language, which allows remote authenticated superusers to map and execute a function from any library, as demonstrated by using the system function in libc.so.6 to gain shell access.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/40901 http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188 http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35145 http://osvdb.org/40901 http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188 http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35145

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-3280 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/denuwanjayasekara/CVE-Exploitation-Reports

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 19, 2007 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.