CVE-2018-1780

HIGH

IBM DB2 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1 - Privilege Escalation via Symbolic Link Attack

Title source: llm

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local db2 instance owner to obtain root access by exploiting a symbolic link attack to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permission to access. IBM X-Force ID: 148803.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148803

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 36.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (4)

ibm/db2 9.7

ibm/db2 10.1

ibm/db2 10.5

ibm/db2 11.1

Published Nov 09, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026