CVE-2018-1781

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

0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 39.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2018-11-09 00:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 03:28Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-13

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7146c60034a0dae525cb600cd8d4e36fb687851fa7c5d16cea480db790104dba

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-db2-20181781-priv-escalation(148804)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148804vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.securityfocus.com105885http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1042086http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK