Vulnerability in IBM Db2
CVE-2005-4871
Certain XML functions in IBM DB2 8.1 run with the privileges of DB2 instead of the logged-in user, which allows remote attackers to create or overwrite files via (1) XMLFileFromVarchar or (2) XMLFileFromClob, or read files via (3) XMLVarcharFromFile or (4) XMLClobFromFile.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Db2 — versions 8.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18761 (vdb-entry)
- www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/db205012005I.txt (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/12733/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12170 (vdb-entry)