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CVE-2018-1386 (GCVE-0-2018-1386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-14 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:57
VLAI
Summary
IBM Tivoli Workload Automation for AIX (IBM Workload Scheduler 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4) contains directories with improper permissions that could allow a local user to with special access to gain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 138208.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Workload Scheduler Affected: 8.6
Affected: 9.1
Affected: 9.2
Affected: 9.3
Affected: 9.4
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Date Public
2018-03-05 00:00
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