CVE-2005-4871 Information

Description

Certain XML functions in IBM DB2 8.1 run with the privileges of DB2 instead of the logged-in user which allows remote attackers to create or overwrite files via (1) XMLFileFromVarchar or (2) XMLFileFromClob or read files via (3) XMLVarcharFromFile or (4) XMLClobFromFile.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495620513954&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/ http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/db205012005I.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12170 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18761