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CVE-2018-1417 — Under certain circumstances, a flaw in the J9 JVM (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edit

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.

CVSS
8.1 HIGH
EPSS
1.42% (top 19.60%)
CWE
—
Published
2018-02-22T19:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T19:11:02.846Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMSDK, Java Technology Edition7.1, 8.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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