CVE-2017-1451 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1, including DB2 Connect Server. A local user with DB2 instance owner privileges could exploit this to gain root access. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| 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: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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.