CVE-2015-1900 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere DataStage versions 8.1 through 11.3.1.2 on UNIX systems. An attacker can exploit this flaw to write to executable files, ultimately gaining root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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