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CVE-2018-1711 (GCVE-0-2018-1711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-21 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:21
VLAI
Summary
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 to gain privileges due to allowing modification of columns of existing tasks. IBM X-Force ID: 146369.
Severity
8.4 (High)
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
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Affected: 10.5
Affected: 10.1
Affected: 9.7
Affected: 11.1
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Date Public
2018-09-18 00:00
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