CVE-2020-4885
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user...
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2 due to a race condition of a symbolic link,. IBM X-Force ID: 190909.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2 due to a race condition of a symbolic link,. IBM X-Force ID: 190909.
- Record
CVE-2020-4885- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/PR:N/AC:L/S:U/C:N/UI:N/A:N/I:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26132
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2 due to a race condition of a symbolic link,. IBM X-Force ID: 190909.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26132- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/PR:N/AC:L/S:U/C:N/UI:N/A:N/I:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2mm4-wmfr-3ffm No score
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user...
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2 due to a race condition of a symbolic link,. IBM X-Force ID: 190909.
- Record
GHSA-2mm4-wmfr-3ffm- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2 due to a race condition of a symbolic link,. IBM X-Force ID: 190909.
- Record
CVE-2020-4885- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-4885 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Ibm Db2, published June 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.