CVE-2023-40685CWE-269

IBM i privilege escalation

High · published October 29, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00150 · 3.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2023-10-29T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 OCT 01:00Z
    IBM i privilege escalation
    cvelistv5