CVE-2023-40375 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM I

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM I
Timeline
PublishedSep 28

Description

Integrated application server for IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 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: 263580.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | 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-cj7c-cqqv-c6m6: Integrated application server for IBM i 7↗2023-09-28
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CVEList
IBM i privilege escalation↗2023-09-28
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