CVE-2018-1632
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-08-20 18:50
Modified
2024-09-16 18:02
Summary
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in .infxdirs. IBM X-Force ID: 144432.
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