CVE-2003-0898

IBM DB2 <7.2 - Privilege Escalation

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Description

IBM DB2 7.2 before FixPak 10a, and earlier versions including 7.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) db2job and (2) db2job2.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Juan Manuel Pascual Escribá · bashlocalunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22988

Scores

EPSS 0.0271
EPSS Percentile 85.9%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
ibm/db2_universal_database 7.1
ibm/db2_universal_database < 8.0
Published Nov 17, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026