CVE-2008-3855 describes an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability within the Core DAS function component of the IBM DB2 Administration Server (DAS) in DB2 9.1 prior to Fixpak 5. This "FILE CREATION VULNERABILITY" allows local users to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The EPSS score is very low, indicating a minimal probability of exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or any significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog and is considered inactive on the Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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