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01 Record

CVE-2018-1417

Under certain circumstances, a flaw in the J9 JVM (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.1 and 8.0) allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges. IBM X-Force ID:

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
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02 Description

Under certain circumstances, a flaw in the J9 JVM (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.1 and 8.0) allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges. IBM X-Force ID:

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-02-22 19:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 19:11Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-12-13
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d1d2c859a1a8614449c51886d44346844ba3b69856bac0c6cd1e33c6263545db

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSDK, Java Technology Edition7.1, 8.0—

06 References