{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T22:21:02+00:00","cve":"CVE-2019-4606","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2019-4606","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2019-4606.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4606","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4606"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2019-4606","description":"IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1 and 6.5 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an untrusted search path vulnerability. By using a executable file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 168298.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"psirt@us.ibm.com","published_at":"2019-12-12 17:15:00","updated_at":"2019-12-16 18:39:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-426"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1128063","name":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1128063","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 High Performance Unload is affected by 3RD PARTY - - Unquoted Service Path vulnerability","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168298","name":"ibm-db2-cve20194606-code-exec (168298)","refsource":"XF","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"IBM X-Force Exchange","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4606","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4606","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"5.1.0.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"5.1.0.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.2","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.3","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.5.0.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.5.0.0","cpe7":"if1","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"5.1.0.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"5.1.0.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.2","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.1.0.3","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.5.0.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"ibm","cpe5":"db2_high_performance_unload_load","cpe6":"6.5.0.0","cpe7":"if1","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"-1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"linux","cpe5":"linux_kernel","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"0","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"linux","cpe5":"linux_kernel","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"-1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"microsoft","cpe5":"windows","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"0","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"microsoft","cpe5":"windows","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"-1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"opengroup","cpe5":"unix","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"4606","vulnerable":"0","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"opengroup","cpe5":"unix","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"data_format":"MITRE","description":{"description_data":[{"value":"IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1 and 6.5 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an untrusted search path vulnerability. By using a executable file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 168298.","lang":"eng"}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Gain Privileges"}]}]},"data_version":"4.0","CVE_data_meta":{"STATE":"PUBLIC","ID":"CVE-2019-4606","ASSIGNER":"psirt@us.ibm.com","DATE_PUBLIC":"2019-12-11T00:00:00"},"data_type":"CVE","affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"vendor_name":"IBM","product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"6.1"}]}},{"version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"6.5"}]},"product_name":"Db2 High Performance Unload load for LUW"}]}}]}},"impact":{"cvssv3":{"BM":{"AC":"H","PR":"N","SCORE":"7.400","A":"H","S":"U","UI":"N","I":"H","AV":"L","C":"H"},"TM":{"RC":"C","E":"U","RL":"O"}}},"references":{"reference_data":[{"refsource":"CONFIRM","name":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1128063","title":"IBM Security Bulletin 1128063 (Db2 High Performance Unload load for LUW)","url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1128063"},{"title":"X-Force Vulnerability Report","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168298","refsource":"XF","name":"ibm-db2-cve20194606-code-exec (168298)"}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2019-12-12 17:15:00","lastModifiedDate":"2019-12-16 18:39:00","problem_types":["CWE-426"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE","baseScore":6.9},"severity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":3.4,"impactScore":10,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":true}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"AND","children":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:5.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:5.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:6.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:6.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:6.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:6.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_high_performance_unload_load:6.5.0.0:if1:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":false,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":false,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":false,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:opengroup:unix:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]}],"cpe_match":[]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"4606","Ordinal":"142217","Title":"CVE-2019-4606","CVE":"CVE-2019-4606","Year":"2019"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"4606","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1 and 6.5 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an untrusted search path vulnerability. By using a executable file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 168298.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"4606","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2019-12-12","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"4606","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2019-12-12","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}