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CVE-2017-1438

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1438 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1. A local user with DB2 instance owner privileges could exploit this to gain root access. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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/128057
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100685
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039300
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry