CVE-2023-40377 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM I

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA4.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM I
Timeline
PublishedOct 16

Description

Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) for IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 263583.

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
▶NVDibm/i7.2, 7.3, 7.4+2

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
IBM i privilege escalation↗2023-10-16
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GHSA
GHSA-m3gw-cj93-vpfv: Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) for IBM i 7↗2023-10-16
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