Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-1487 is a local privilege escalation issue in IBM DB2. A person with low-level access to a DB2 host could potentially cause DB2 binaries to load a malicious shared library and gain the DB2 instance account's privileges. Exposure is most likely on servers running the listed DB2 versions where local users, service accounts, or compromised applications can access the host environment. Internet exposure alone is not the main signal because the CVSS vector is local. Treat this as high priority for DB2 servers with shared administration, shell access, or application users on the host. It can turn limited local access into control of the DB2 instance account, creating meaningful data confidentiality and integrity risk. Mitigation focus: Review IBM support advisory swg22016505 for the official fix guidance.; Apply the vendor-provided fixed level or fix pack for affected DB2 versions.; Prioritize hosts with local multi-user access or exposed application shells..
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.4 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: 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
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CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O2.55.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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8.4HighVector: 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
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ibm-db2-cve20181487-priv-escalation(140972)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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