#VU13610 Privilege escalation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1566
Published: July 7, 2018 / Updated: July 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13610
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1566
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM DB2
IBM DB2
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.