CVE-2009-4438

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Query Compiler, Rewrite, and Optimizer component in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP8, 9.5 before FP5, and 9.7 before FP1 does not enforce privilege requirements for access to a (1) sequence or (2) global-variable object, which allows remote authenticated users to make use of data via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 9.1-fp1, 9.1-fp2, 9.1-fp3, 9.1-fp3a, 9.1-fp4, 9.1-fp4a (+13)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37759
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC62543
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC62583
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC64852
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21293566
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21412902
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37332
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3520
http://secunia.com/advisories/37759
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC62543

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