IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary directories and execute arbitrary code via a “crafted localized message file” that enables a format string attack, possibly involving the (1) OSSEMEMDBG or (2) TRC_LOG_FILE environment variable in db2licd (db2licm).
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=581
secunia.com/advisories/26471
securitytracker.com/id?1018581
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98011
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98101
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36106