What is CVE-2018-1685?

CVE-2018-1685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-1685?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Db2

CVE-2018-1685

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 contains a vulnerability in db2cacpy that could allow a local user to read any file on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 145502.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Db2 — versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5
Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1041671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105395 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145502 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1685?: CVE-2018-1685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-1685?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.