Privilege escalation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1711
Published: November 28, 2018 / Updated: December 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16208
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1711
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A local attacker can modify the contents of the control tables used by the ATS to permit unauthorized access to authorizations held by other users as well as RCAC row permissions and column masks.
Affected software
IBM DB2
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1711
Install update from vendor's website.
IBM DB2 - addressed in versions 9.7.0.11, 10.1.0.6, 10.5.0.10, 11.1.4.4