CVE-2017-1468 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM InfoSphere Information Server versions 9.1, 11.3, and 11.5, allowing a local user to gain elevated privileges by placing arbitrary files in installation directories. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article from SecurityWeek.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.