CVE-2018-1634 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 infos.DBSERVERNAME component to gain root privileges on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring high privileges. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding 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.