CVE-2012-0709

IBM DB2 9.5 before FP9, 9.7 through FP5, and 9.8 through FP4 does not properly check variables, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions on viewing table data by leveraging the CREATEIN privilege to execute crafted SQL CREATE VARIABLE statements.

Published: 2012-03-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0709 is rated Moderate Risk (44.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). EPSS rose +1.50% 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-2012-0709

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 0.34% 1.83% +1.50%
2 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.34% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0709

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0709

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-0709

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-0709 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (db2exc), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 13, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0709

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0709

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp3b:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp4a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp6a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:fp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:fp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:fp3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:fp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:fp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.8:fp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.8:fp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0709

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