CVE-2023-40686 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM I
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA4.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.39%
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 component access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264114.
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