CVE-2008-3857

The Base Service Utilities component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5 retains a cleartext password in memory after the database connection that sent the password is fully established, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a memory dump.

Published: 2008-08-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2008-3857 is rated Low Risk (27.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3857

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 0.06% 0.35% +0.29%
2 2025-06-26 0.15% 0.06% -0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3857

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3857

cvelogic Threat Intelligence