01 Record
CVE-2018-1834
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 escalate their privileges to root through a
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
02 Description
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 escalate their privileges to root through a
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
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.8% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-11-09 00:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-13
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/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
- b8a4519b9cb47ed81040d7bc863ef8b796e765303fff60934e12a96312af166e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com105885http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885
- www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939
- www.securitytracker.com1042086http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-db2-cve20181834-priv-escalation(150511)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150511