CVE-2007-6049

Unspecified vulnerability in the SSL LOAD GSKIT action in IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, involving a call to dlopen when the effective uid is root.

Published: 2007-11-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6049 is rated Low Risk (38.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6049

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% 0.35% +0.30%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.05% -0.98%
3 2022-02-04 1.03%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6049

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-2007-6049

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6049

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2_universal_database <= 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:*:fp3a:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6049

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