CVE-2003-1049 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM DB2 Universal Database 7 prior to FixPak 12. The flaw stems from insecure directory permissions (777) for certain DMS directories, enabling local users to modify or delete critical DB2 files. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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