Is CVE-2007-3278 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-3278 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-3278?

CVE-2007-3278 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-3278

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when local trust authentication is enabled and the Database Link library (dblink) is installed, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary accounts and execute arbitrary SQL queries via a dblink host parameter that proxies the connection from 127.0.0.1.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.3% (70th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-3268)
Published: June 19, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3268 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
postgresql / postgresql

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154(Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/40899(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28445(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1(Broken Link)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0039.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471644/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references(Permissions Required)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35142(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10334(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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