CVE-2003-1051

Exp

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in IBM DB2 Universal Database 8.1 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via certain command line arguments to (1) db2start, (2) db2stop, or (3) db2govd.

Published: 2004-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1051 is rated High Exploit Risk (68/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1051

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23345 exploit_db edb 2003-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
23344 exploit_db edb 2003-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
23346 exploit_db edb 2003-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1051

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 1.26% +1.21%
2 2026-04-25 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1051

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1051

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1051

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1051

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