CVE-2018-1781

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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 user 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: 148804.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1781
  • Assigner
  • psirt@us.ibm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-11-09T01:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:39:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148804 VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1781
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1781
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:04:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 14:13:23 2018-11-09T01:29Z 2018-11-09T01:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 14:13:23 2019-10-09T23:39:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 14:13:23 Modified Vulnerability Status updated