CVE-2023-27558 IBM Db2 privilege escalation

What is CVE-2023-27558?

CVE-2023-27558 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Db2, published on 9 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Db2 on Windows 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 may be vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by at least one installed service using an unquoted service path. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges by inserting an executable file in the path of the affected service. IBM X-Force ID: 249194.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27558?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Db2.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27558?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27558 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-27558 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27558 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Db2

• CVE-2012-1797 IBM DB2 9.5 uses world-writable permissions for nodes.reg, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3731 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3193 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-4335 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-3473 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Db2 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xjj7-5xwp-h6p7.