CVE-2005-4868
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for...
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for the Everyone group, which allows local users to gain unauthorized access, gain sensitive information, such as cleartext passwords, and cause a denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for the Everyone group, which allows local users to gain unauthorized access, gain sensitive information, such as cleartext passwords, and cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2005-4868- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for the Everyone group, which allows local users to gain unauthorized access, gain sensitive information, such as cleartext passwords, and cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2005-4868- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-4859 No score
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for the Everyone group, which allows local users to gain unauthorized access, gain sensitive information, such as cleartext passwords, and cause a denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2005-4859- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f24p-3hqr-7g3q
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for...
Shared memory sections and events in IBM DB2 8.1 have default permissions of read and write for the Everyone group, which allows local users to gain unauthorized access, gain sensitive information, such as cleartext passwords, and cause a denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-f24p-3hqr-7g3q- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | IBM DB2 - Universal Database Information Disclosure | 2004-09-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-4868 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Ibm Db2 Universal Database, published December 31, 2005. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=110495402231836&w=2
securityfocus.com/bid/11402
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17605
nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005F.txt
secunia.com/advisories/12733
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21181228
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4868
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f24p-3hqr-7g3q