IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untruste…

Published 7 y ago 2018-11-09 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.4

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.4%

percentile 39%

Public exploits

none known

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege user full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID: 149640.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	8.4	`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`
CNA	3.0	8.4	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.6	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Technology feeds

IBM Db2 (RSS, critical only)

References

securityfocus.com /bid/105962 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/149640 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1042082 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733122 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-1802
NVD: CVE-2018-1802

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