CVE-2016-5995

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.41% (35th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

55 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Untrusted search path vulnerability in IBM DB2 9.7 through FP11, 10.1 through FP5, 10.5 before FP8, and 11.1 GA on Linux, AIX, and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library that is accessed by a setuid or setgid program.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.3

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.06.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (55)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ibm db2= 10.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 10.5.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 11.1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 9.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 9.7.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 9.7.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2= 9.7.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-10-01modified 2026-06-17

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