Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2017-1438 is a local privilege escalation in IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows. A user who already has DB2 instance owner privileges could gain root access. This is serious for servers where DB2 instance accounts are shared, overprivileged, or reachable after another compromise. Exposure is limited to affected DB2 LUW or DB2 Connect Server installations where an attacker can authenticate locally or otherwise operate as the DB2 instance owner. Treat this as high priority on production database servers, especially where DB2 instance owner accounts are broadly accessible. The business risk is full host compromise from a privileged database account. Mitigation focus: Review IBM support advisory swg22006885 for official fix or upgrade guidance.; Inventory DB2 LUW 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 installations.; Restrict and monitor DB2 instance owner account access..
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- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128057CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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