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CVE-2024-31890

IBM i privilege escalation

Published: Jun 21, 2024Updated: Jul 17, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-250
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

IBM i 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 288171.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-250

Affected Products

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

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7158240
ibm.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288171
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.269339
vuldb.com
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Timeline

Published
Jun 21, 2024
Last Updated
Jul 17, 2025

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