Unscored severity · published Feb 12, 2008
CVE-2008-0696
IBM DB2 UDB before 8.2 Fixpak 16 does not properly check authorization for the ALTER TABLE statement, which has unknown impact and attack vectors
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CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM DB2 UDB before 8.2 Fixpak 16 does not properly check authorization for the ALTER TABLE statement, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DB
Db2 · Ibm
8.2_fixpack15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0696
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0696
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28771
www-1.ibm.com
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ07337
www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0401
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