CVE-2019-4448

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% 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-269

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 and db2hpum_debug binaries are setuid root and have built-in options that allow an low privileged user the ability to load arbitrary db2 libraries from a privileged context. This results in arbitrary code being executed with root authority. IBM X-Force ID: 163489.

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/163489
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10964592
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163489

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