CVE-2017-1438 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1. A local user with DB2 instance owner privileges could exploit this to gain root access. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.