CVE-2018-1417

high

Description

Under certain circumstances, a flaw in the J9 JVM (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.1 and 8.0) allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 138823.

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1027315

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014937

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103216

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040403

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1463

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138823

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22012965

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-02-22

Updated: 2019-10-03

Type: CWE-732

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Severity: HIGH