Vulnerability · Published Jul 16, 2023 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2023-30988IBM i privilege escalation

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in i from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i 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: 254016.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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