Privilege Escalation in IBM DB2 High Performance Unload for LUW
CVE-2019-4447
Key Information:
- Vendor
IBM
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 26 August 2019
What is CVE-2019-4447?
IBM DB2 High Performance Unload for LUW has a security vulnerability due to a setuid root binary, db2hpum_debug, which improperly trusts the PATH environment variable. A low privilege user can exploit this by modifying the PATH variable to redirect commands to a user-controlled location. This attacker could then induce a crash, triggering execution of malicious commands with root privileges, thereby posing a significant security risk.

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Affected Version(s)
DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1
DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.1
DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.1IF1
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved