CVE-2019-4447

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
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: 2019-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.1 IF1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.2 IF1, and 6.1.0.1 IF2 db2hpum_debug is a setuid root binary which trusts the PATH environment variable. A low privileged user can execute arbitrary commands as root by altering the PATH variable to point to a user controlled location. When a crash is induced the trojan gdb command is executed. IBM X-Force ID: 163488.

Affected products

IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW: 6.1, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.1-if1, 6.1.0.1-if2, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.2-if1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10964592
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163488
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10964592
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163488

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