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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4871

CVE-2005-4871

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.

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Affected products

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  • IBM/Db22 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=8.1

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