CVE-2018-1781

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    CVE-2018-1781

    Published: 9 Nov 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user 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: 148804.

    References: , https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148804, http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733939, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105885, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042086

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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