Vulnerability · Published Oct 29, 2023 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2023-40686IBM i privilege escalation
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-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 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L