CVE-2016-5995 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting IBM DB2 versions 9.7 through 11.1 GA on Linux, AIX, and HP-UX. A local attacker can exploit this by introducing a malicious library that a setuid/setgid program then loads, leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.3 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low likelihood of active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:advanced_enterprise:*:*:* | ||
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:advanced_workgroup:*:*:* | ||
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:express:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.