CVE-2007-3280: PostgreSQL

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 25.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 8.1 only

Published 2007-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.