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CVE-2023-40685

IBM i privilege escalation

Published: Oct 29, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
7.4CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 95.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

iIBM
On-prem
Operating Systems
iibm
On-prem
Operating Systems
IBM iIBM Corp.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
ibmcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka international business machines
ibm corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka ibm, ibm corporation

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686
ibm.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264116
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686
ibm.com

Timeline

Published
Oct 29, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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