Improper privilege management in PostgreSQL - CVE-2007-6600
Published: June 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111760
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-6600
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due software users superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for (1) VACUUM and (2) ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports (3) SET ROLE and (4) SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within index functions. A remote user can escalate privileges within the database.
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
How to mitigate CVE-2007-6600
Install updates from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - addressed in versions 7.4.19, 8.0.15, 8.1.11, 8.2.6
dev-db/postgresql - update to 8.0.15
dev-db/postgresql - update to 8.0.15