01 Record
CVE-2020-4945
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow an authenticated user to overwrite arbirary files due to improper group permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 191945.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/I:H/AC:L/PR:L/AV:N/C:N/S:U/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
02 Description
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow an authenticated user to overwrite arbirary files due to improper group permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 191945.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 63.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-06-24 18:45Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 16:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/I:H/AC:L/PR:L/AV:N/C:N/S:U/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b52683c0c5cca0f13d2e5d3c4cf31c10df64424841a84310335845b599cf167d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466367
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-db2-cve20204945-file-overwrite (191945)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191945
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0006/