Privilege Escalation via Symbolic Link Attack in IBM DB2

CVE-2018-1834 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 contains a vulnerability that could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to root through a symbolic link attack. IBM X-Force ID: 150511.

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