CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 (Database Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 11/05/2018. The weakness was presented 11/09/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1781 since 12/13/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/05/2023).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 126607, 126609 and 126611 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 8.4
CNA Vector (IBM Corporation): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Link followingCWE: CWE-59
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/13/2017 🔍11/05/2018 🔍
11/08/2018 🔍
11/09/2018 🔍
11/09/2018 🔍
11/12/2018 🔍
06/05/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-1781 (🔍)
X-Force: 148804
SecurityTracker: 1042086
SecurityFocus: 105885 - IBM DB2 Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 11/09/2018 10:40Updated: 06/05/2023 11:27
Changes: 11/09/2018 10:40 (61), 04/11/2020 10:33 (3), 06/05/2023 11:20 (4), 06/05/2023 11:27 (13)
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