Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Informix Dynamic Server - CVE-2018-1634

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Informix Dynamic Server - CVE-2018-1634

Published: August 20, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35621
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1634
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Informix Dynamic Server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to execute arbitrary code.

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in infos.DBSERVERNAME. IBM X-Force ID: 144437.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1634

Install update from vendor's website.

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