CVE-2018-1386 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Workload Automation for AIX (versions 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4). Improper directory permissions allow a local user with special access to gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/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.