CVE-2012-1797 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM DB2 9.5 uses world-writable permissions for nodes.reg, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2012-03-20

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1807	IBM DB2 9.5 uses world-writable permissions for nodes.reg, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00451.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IC79518
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC79518
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74326
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14922

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Db2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-03-20T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:08:38.582Z

Reserved: 2012-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1797

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-03-20T20:55:01.553

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1797

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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