CVE-2007-3280

highpriority · attend · 55EPSS 0.255 · 98 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

25.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v2.08.6highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USLLM-inferredCWE-94USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/postgres/postgres_payloadPostgreSQL for Linux Payload Executionweaponized · metasploit
denuwanjayasekara/CVE-Exploitation-ReportsCVE Exploitation Reports: CVE-2007-3280, CVE-2017-0144, CVE-2019-0708PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
postgresql postgresql= 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2007-06-19modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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