Is CVE-2007-6601 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-6601 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-6601?

CVE-2007-6601 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-6601

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD

The DBLink module in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21, when local trust or ident authentication is used, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3278.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
EPSS score: 1.6% (76th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-6567)
Published: January 9, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6567 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
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
postgresql / postgresql
postgresql / postgresql

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28445(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638(Not Applicable)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004(Broken Link)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905(Broken Link)
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/1/485864/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references(Permissions Required)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39500(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11127(Broken Link)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/(Broken Link)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

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

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