CVE-2003-1052

Exp

IBM DB2 7.1 and 8.1 allow the bin user to gain root privileges by modifying the shared libraries that are used in setuid root programs.

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-2003-1052 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.31%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-1052

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22989 exploit_db edb 2003-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1052

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 0.37% 1.31% +0.94%
2 2025-03-17 0.08% 0.37% +0.30%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1052

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-2003-1052

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1052

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1052

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