THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1997
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1997

Db2 vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in the ADMIN_SP_C2 procedure in IBM DB2 8 before FP16, 9.1 before FP4a, and 9.5 before FP1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: the ADMIN_SP_C issue is already covered by CVE-2008-0699.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Db2
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-04-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1997

  • Confirm whether Ibm Db2 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1997.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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