IBM DB2 Insecure DMS Directory Permissions Vulnerability

BID:9243

Info

IBM DB2 Insecure DMS Directory Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9243
Class: Configuration Error
CVE: CVE-2003-1049
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 18 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: This issue was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.2
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM DB2 Insecure DMS Directory Permissions Vulnerability

IBM DB2 creates DMS (Database Managed Space) directories with world-writeable permissions (mode 777). Malicious local users could take advantage of this issue to delete or tamper with files in these directories.

This issue was reported to exist on AIX releases of the software.

Exploit / POC

IBM DB2 Insecure DMS Directory Permissions Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

IBM DB2 Insecure DMS Directory Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has addressed this issue in DB2 Version 7 FixPak 11.


IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.0

IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.2

References

IBM DB2 Insecure DMS Directory Permissions Vulnerability

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