CVE-2023-40685 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM I
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9