CVE-2018-1632 describes a symbolic link vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1. A local database administrator could exploit this flaw to escalate privileges to root. This medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) requires high privileges and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc1:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc10:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc11:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc12:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:12.10:fc2:*:*: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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.