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CVE-2014-0907

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—
Severity7.2High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.66 %higher than 51% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in unspecified (1) setuid and (2) setgid programs in IBM DB2 9.5, 9.7 before FP9a, 9.8, 10.1 before FP3a, and 10.5 before FP3a on Linux and UNIX allow local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse library.

CVSS

Base score
7.2
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.66 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
51
Score date
10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

IBM — DB2

CWEs

References

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