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CVE-2003-1052

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1052 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM DB2 versions 7.1 and 8.1. An attacker with "bin" user privileges can gain root access by manipulating shared libraries used by setuid root programs. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV list, public exploit code exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22989 · Aug 5, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12826
securityfocus.com / archive/1/331904
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/8346
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory