CVE-2008-2154

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2154
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-03 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionIBM DB2 8 before FP17, 9.1 before FP5, and 9.5 before FP2 provides an INSTALL_JAR (aka sqlj.install_jar) procedure, which allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified calls.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp1 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp10 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp11 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp12 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp13 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp14 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp15 All All
Application Ibm Db2 8.0 fp16 All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.1 fp1 All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.1 fp2 All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.1 fp3 All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.1 fp3a All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.1 fp4 All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.1 fp4a All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.5 fp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM - IZ22143: DB USER CAN CREATE OR OVERWRITE FILES USING INSTANCE OWNER'S ID af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.software.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM DB2 Universal Database Server 'INSTALL_JAR' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/48147 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM Security Vulnerabilities and HIPER APARs fixed in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 8 Fix Pack 17 and Version 9.5 Fix Pack 2 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com Patch
IBM DB2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IZ21983: DB USER CAN CREATE OR OVERWRITE FILES USING INSTANCE OWNER'S ID af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IZ22142: DB USER CAN CREATE OR OVERWRITE FILES USING INSTANCE OWNER'S ID af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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