CVE-2008-6820 describes a critical vulnerability in the db2fmp process of IBM DB2 versions 8 (before FP17), 9.1 (before FP5), and 9.5 (before FP2) running on Windows. This flaw allows the process to execute with "OS privilege," leading to unknown but potentially severe impact and attack vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it represents a remotely exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp13:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.