Privilege escalation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1566
Published: July 7, 2018 / Updated: July 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13610
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1566
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a flaw on systems that invoke the tool with elevated privileges. A local attacker can trigger a format string flaw in the 'db2support' tool and execute arbitrary ode with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
IBM DB2
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1566
Install update from vendor's website.
IBM DB2 - addressed in versions 9.7.0.11, 10.1.0.6, 10.5.0.9, 11.1.3.3 iFix001