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CVE-2008-1997

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1997 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the ADMIN_SP_C2 procedure of IBM DB2 versions 8 (before FP16), 9.1 (before FP4a), and 9.5 (before FP1). This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fixpak1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fixpak10:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fixpak11:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fixpak12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0443 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29022
Not Applicable
securityreason.com / securityalert/3841
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
appsecinc.com / resources/alerts/db2/2008-02.shtml
Not Applicable
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491075/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry