Privilege escalation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1711

 

Privilege escalation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1711

Published: November 28, 2018 / Updated: December 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16208
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1711
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DB2

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1711

Install update from vendor's website.

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