Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in IBM DB2 - CVE-2021-38926
Published: December 9, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58794
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38926
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote database user can modify columns of existing tasks and escalate privileges on the system.
Affected software
IBM DB2
How to mitigate CVE-2021-38926
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM DB2 - update to 11.5.7.0