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CVE-2016-5995

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in IBM DB2 9.7 through FP11, 10.1 through FP5, 10.5 before FP8, and 11.1 GA on Linux, AIX, and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library that is accessed by a setuid or setgid program.

Affected products

• IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 9.7, 9.7.0.1, 9.7.0.2, 9.7.0.3, 9.7.0.4, 9.7.0.5 (+21)
• IBM Db2 Connect: 9.7, 9.7.0.1, 9.7.0.2, 9.7.0.3, 9.7.0.4, 9.7.0.5 (+21)

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16921
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17010
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17011
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17012
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990061
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93012
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036837
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16921
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17010
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17011
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT17012
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990061

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