CVE-2023-40686 - IBM i privilege escalation

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HIGH

IBM i privilege escalation

Published Oct 29, 2023

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.14%

Description

Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to gain component access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264114.

Affected products

Vendor IBM Product n/a Default
unaffected
- Version
  7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

IBM

n/a

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264114
vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686
vendor-advisoryPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264114		vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686		vendor-advisoryPatchVendor Advisory