Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0866

Title: Postgresql

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0866.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Jul 18, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.62%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0866: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html http://secunia.com/advisories/49272 http://secunia.com/advisories/49273 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:027 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-18.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html http://secunia.com/advisories/49272 http://secunia.com/advisories/49273 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:027 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-18.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0866 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.