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CVE-2018-1417
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…
High8.1EPSS 2.1%
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- ibm
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-732 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-732 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM · SDK, Java Technology Edition
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.0
References (7)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 103216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1040403 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1463 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1027315 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22012965 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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