IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-1449. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 (Database Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect 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 contains a vulnerability that could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the DB2 instance owner. IBM X-Force ID: 140044.

The bug was discovered 05/22/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-1449 since 12/13/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/17/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 20100 (IBM DB2 Multiple File Overwrite Vulnerabilities (swg22016181)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-1449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118222
X-Force: 140044
SecurityTracker: 1041004

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/25/2018 23:52
Updated: 03/17/2023 09:18
Changes: 05/25/2018 23:52 (61), 02/08/2020 20:50 (1), 03/17/2023 09:17 (4), 03/17/2023 09:18 (1)
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