CVE-2023-40378

IBM i privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 4.9 Medium
Published: Oct 15, 2023
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Aug 14, 2023

Description

IBM Directory Server for IBM i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 263584.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.9 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	ibm

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iIBM	7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5Affected

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7047240vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263584vdb-entry

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