CVE-2019-4447 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-4447

IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1, 6.1.0.1,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW
Vulnerable Versions:
6.1, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.1IF1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.2IF1, 6.1.0.1IF2

Timeline

Official Publish: August 26th, 2019
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:L/A:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/AV:L/C:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.