CVE-2023-40685
IBM i privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- Oct 29, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 18, 2023
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 root access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264116.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
iIBM |
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References
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