Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in IBM Db2 JDBC Driver

CVE-2023-27868 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM Db2 JDBC Driver for Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unchecked class instantiation when providing plugin classes. By sending a specially crafted request using the named pluginClassName class, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 249516.

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