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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.