CVE-2018-1780

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-1780
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-09 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:39:00 UTC
DescriptionIBM 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Db2 10.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 10.5 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 11.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.7 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 10.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 10.5 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 11.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
IBM DB2 Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is affected by multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-1799, CVE-2018-1780, CVE-2018-1781, CVE-2018-1834). CONFIRM www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IBM DB2 Multiple Symlink Attacks Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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