CVE-2018-1631 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1. A database administrator can exploit a symbolic link vulnerability in the oninit mongohash component to gain root privileges. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no public exploit code available, nor any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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