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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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