CVE-2023-40685

IBM i privilege escalation

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Published Oct 29, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

i

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45241	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.156% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264116
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm I

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:54 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Oct 29, 2023, 1:00 AM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:54 PM
Reserved: Aug 18, 2023, 3:48 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:38 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:38 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:19 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 29, 2023, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:19 AM

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