CVE-2025-36186 (GCVE-0-2025-36186)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-07 18:40
Modified
2025-11-08 04:55
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) under specific configurations could allow a local user to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary privileges operated at a higher than minimum level.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 Version: 12.1.0   ≤ 12.1.3
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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