CVE-2023-38721

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM I
Timeline
PublishedAug 14

Description

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor could gain access to a command line with elevated privileges allowing root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 262173.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5ibm/i7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
▶NVDibm/i4 versions+3

Patches

Patch: www.ibm.com ↗Patch: www.ibm.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9429-w5r6-vx4j: The IBM i 7↗2023-08-14
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CVEList
IBM i privilege escalation↗2023-08-14
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CVE-2023-38721 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | The IBM i 7.2 | cvebase.io