CVE-2008-3856

The routine infrastructure component in IBM DB2 8 before FP17, 9.1 before FP5, and 9.5 before FP1 on Unix and Linux does not change the ownership of the db2fmp process, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2008-08-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3856 is rated Moderate Risk (60.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.40%). EPSS rose +1.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3856

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 0.83% 2.40% +1.57%
2 2025-03-30 0.93% 0.83% -0.10%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3856

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3856

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3856

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2_universal_database <= 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp16:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp16:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp16:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp16:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp4a:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp4a:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp4a:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database <= 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp4a:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp1:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp1:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp1:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp10:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp10:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp10:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp10:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp11:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp11:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp11:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp11:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp12:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp12:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp12:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp12:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp13:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp13:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp13:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp13:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp14:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp14:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp14:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp14:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp15:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp15:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp15:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp15:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp2:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp2:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp2:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp2:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp3:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp3:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp3:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp3:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4a:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4a:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4a:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp4a:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp5:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp5:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp5:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp5:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6a:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6a:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6a:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6a:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6b:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6b:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6b:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6b:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6c:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6c:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6c:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp6c:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7a:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7a:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7a:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7a:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8:fp7b:aix:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3856

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