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CVE-2018-1417

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1417 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition versions 7.1 and 8.0 (J9 JVM). This flaw allows untrusted code, operating under a security manager, to elevate its privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.1, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
6.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
7.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:7.0.0.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
7.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:7.1.0.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
8.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1417Critical

JDK: J9 JVM allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges

Feb 20, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1463
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/138823
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/103216
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040403
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry