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CVE-2017-1451

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1451 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1, including DB2 Connect Server. A local user with DB2 instance owner privileges could exploit this to gain root access. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

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

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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/128178
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100690
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039301
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry