CVE-2018-1781

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user to obtain root access by exploiting a symbolic link attack to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permission to access. IBM X-Force ID: 148804.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 9, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-1781: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix