IBM DB2 8.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 8.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4871. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM DB2 8.1 (Database Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Certain XML functions in IBM DB2 8.1 run with the privileges of DB2 instead of the logged-in user, which allows remote attackers to create or overwrite files via (1) XMLFileFromVarchar or (2) XMLFileFromClob, or read files via (3) XMLVarcharFromFile or (4) XMLClobFromFile.

The bug was discovered 01/05/2005. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2005 by David Litchfield with NGSSoftware (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4871 since 10/06/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15486 (IBM DB2 < 8 Fix Pack 7a Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18761), Tenable (15486), SecurityFocus (BID 12170†), OSVDB (12757†) and Secunia (SA12733†). The entries VDB-822, VDB-873, VDB-867 and VDB-866 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 15486
Nessus Name: IBM DB2 < 8 Fix Pack 7a Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/17/2004 🔍
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12/31/2005 +360 days 🔍
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01/02/2008 +88 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2626 days 🔍
08/02/2019 +1604 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: David Litchfield
Organization: NGSSoftware
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28172
X-Force: 18761
SecurityFocus: 12170 - IBM DB2 XML Function Unauthorized File Creation and Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 12733
OSVDB: 12757 - CVE-2005-4871 - IBM - DB2 - File Overwrite Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17250 - IBM DB2 7-8.1 XML Functions Run with DB2 Privileges Allowing Remote Files Creation/Overwrite, High

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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/02/2019 16:21
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (66), 08/02/2019 16:21 (6)
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