CVE-2018-1780

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local db2 instance owner 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: 148803.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148803
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148803

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